[PATCH] remove ntlm_auth4

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Fri Nov 25 07:36:38 UTC 2016


On Fri, 2016-11-25 at 07:23 +0100, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 02:05:29PM +1300, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2016-11-24 at 19:38 +0100, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Ok, if the way ntlm_auth works is set in stone I formally request
> > > to
> > > drop my patch and keep both around. I'll start looking around for
> > > alternatives.
> > 
> > Would you please care to elaborate?  
> 
> It's the old argument between API and protocol. ntlm_auth is designed
> to call gensec directly, my plan would have been to change that. We
> know how this argument went for pdb and auth and how it will end for
> ntlm_auth.

I have to say I'm now rather confused:  Are we discussing patches to
remove ntlm_auth4 or some unpublished patch series to restructure
ntlm_auth in some way?

Thanks,

Andrew Bartlett

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