Schema updates and modern Samba AD

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 12:19 +1000, William Brown wrote:
> > On 27 May 2020, at 14:41, Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 13:53 +1000, William Brown via samba-
> > technical
> > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ad/extending-the-schema
> > > 
> > > Generally, I'd say the biggest thing is that it's a one way
> > > street -
> > > you can add, but never remove, so that means your changes have to
> > > be
> > > very carefully considered, because a mistake can't easily be
> > > undone.
> > > 
> > > For example, if the ssh public key schema shipped in AD, the fact
> > > is
> > > has a "must" not "may" on the ldapPublicKey attribute makes it
> > > extremely hard to use in a self management scenario.
> > > 
> > > So my input (for what it's worth) is that schema changes should
> > > be
> > > considered carefully, and the consequences understood, as well as
> > > the
> > > ergonomics of how those changes will interface with access
> > > controls
> > > and that human interaction. 
> > > 
> > > Hope that helps,
> > 
> > G'Day William,
> > 
> > It is a wiki, feel free to craft some suitable guidance and add it!
> 
> Done, but I'm not able to upload files. Can you add the following for
> me? Then I can fix up some links in the page.

You are now approved, and can upload files!

Andrew Bartlett
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