[PATCH] Unique IP address feature for client connections

[Julien Kerihuel]

Hi Lists,

You will find in attachment an updated version of the patch which fixes
memory leaks introduced in the initial patch within the
convert_address_string function.

Cheers,
Julien.

On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 15:13 +0200, Julien Kerihuel wrote:
> Hi Lists,
> 
> The attached patch (initially proposed by Brad Hards) adds a
> localaddress ncacn option to DCERPC binding string and allow clients to
> specify on which interface they have to bind to communicate with remote
> host.
> 
> I have reworked the patch so localaddress becomes a member of the
> ncacn_options array and have its own defined flag (1<<22). The patch
> also alters EPM connections to use the correct interface.
> 
> Typical usage:
> ncacn_ip_tcp:192.168.102.236[print,seal,localaddress=192.168.0.142]
> 
> Given that we have a local interface with IP 192.168.0.142 and another
> one using 192.168.0.140, EPM and DCERPC connections will go through
> 192.168.0.142.
> 
> Also attached the openchange patch (for openchange developers) to test
> it prior to any trunk merge. To test the openchange patch, apply it to
> trunk, edit the OpenChange profile database and add the localaddress
> attribute followed by a local interface IP address, similarly to:
> 
> localaddress: 192.168.0.142
> 
> If no localaddress parameter is defined, then Samba4 DCERPC stack
> fallback to the default behavior (guess the best interface).
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien.
> 

-- 
Julien Kerihuel
j.kerihuel at openchange.org
OpenChange Project Manager

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