[SCM] Samba Shared Repository - branch master updated -release-4-0-0alpha6-1045-gfc02c3b0

Steven Danneman steven.danneman at isilon.com
Tue Feb 24 17:11:26 MST 2009


> > >     Introduce a new passdb backend: pdb_onefs_sam
> > >
> > >     Implements a custom backend for onefs that exclusively uses
the
> wbclient
> > >     interface for all passdb calls.
> > >     It lacks some features of a standard passdb.
> > >     In particular it's a read only interface and doesn't implement
> privileges.
> > >
> > > commit c383022f89a34b83039502cc58178498cc06370e
> > > Author: Dan Sledz <dan.sledz at isilon.com>
> > > Date:   Fri Feb 13 12:24:22 2009 -0800
> > >
> > >     Introduce a new authentication backend auth_onefs_wb
> > >
> > >     This new backend is custom tailored to onefs' unique
> requirements:
> > >     1) No fallback logic
> > >     2) Does not validate the domain of the user
> > >     3) Handles unencrypted passwords
> >
> > What about these is onefs specific? Why did you put "onefs"
> > into the names?
> 
> Yeah, if it's not onefs specific then let's give it a
> better name :-).

Volker, Jeremy,

Just pushed a patch to change the names in aeab22b5.

auth_onefs_wb.c -> auth_wbc.c
pdb_onefs_sam.c -> pdb_wbc_sam.c

This commit also has an explanation of the usefulness and purpose of
these two modules within the code itself.

-Steven 


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