Fixing libwbclient struct wbcAuthUserInfo

simo idra at samba.org
Thu May 28 11:54:59 GMT 2009


On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 10:28 +0200, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 06:23:58PM +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > I really, really want the NDR encoded 'info3' (actually, I want level 6)
> > transported intact between winbindd and Samba.  Going back and forth via
> > another structure is not only a pain, it is error prone.  If we do this
> > right, and Microsoft adds extra information in the 'reserved' fields (or
> > another level), then we simply pass on that information.  
> 
> The problem with NDR in the winbind pipe protocol is that it
> pulls in GPL code (the NDR base libs) into something that
> will be linked into pam_winbind and nss_winbind.

IMO the real problem is pulling any library in nss_winbindd or
pam_winbind...

Simo.

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Simo Sorce
Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer <simo at samba.org>
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc. <simo at redhat.com>



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