Samba v3 on VMS and HP VMS Roadmap

[Michael Ober]

To the VMS engineering team, is this still accurate?  If so, will password
synchronization and external authentication features be implemented?

Mike Ober.

>> From: Michael Ober mdo at wakeassoc.com

>> Is anyone working on a port of Samba v3 or later to VMS? Also, is anyone
>> working on supporting the VMS EXTAUTH feature, which is currently only
>> supported by Pathworks Advanced Server?

> Does HP count? According to:

>
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/roadmap/openvms_roadmaps_files/openvms_roa
dmaps.pdf

> it's on its way. I quote (page 38):

> Samba V3.x Evaluation Release for
> Integrity Feb 2006 & Alpha March 2006

> Samba Production Release Alpha &
> Integrity H2 2006

> Knowing this might tend to discourage independent work.
> I know nothing about the features to be supported.
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> Steven M. Schweda