[Samba] Re: Wishlist for v4.0 Integration / Setup of samba.

[Jeremy Thornhill]

I can't speak for others, but I use my Samba LDAP database to 
authenticate users on Linux and OS X as well.  It enables me to use a 
unified login for pretty much any system.

Jeremy Thornhill

Markus Benkovski wrote:

>I'm finding that most linux PDC users use LDAP for authentication.  Stupid
>question why LDAP?  I total agree with improving the GUI but still nothing
>beats CLI.
>
>Markus Benkovszki
>samba3.0.2 PDC
>
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>From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:jerry at samba.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:43 AM
>To: Jim C.
>Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
>Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: Wishlist for v4.0 Integration / Setup of samba.
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>Jim C. wrote:
>| Wrapper scripts are a good idea. Would be really good for transitioning
>| over to samba from 'doze.  Could even be written as a separate package.
>|
>| | I don't like the windows's net command, nor the route, nor the "tracert"
>| | (come on, who wrote these?), nor the ping (yes, not even the ping).  If
>| | somebody wants a "windows compatible" net command, write a wrap script.
>| | (please, read on, I just don't like the feeling of using the same thing
>| | on windows and linux).
>| |> for example make everything integrated into the net command.....
>|
>|
>| | Improve the swat wizard, sounds cool.  Altough I only used it once, I
>| | think that any newbe would be thankful.
>|
>| Another good idea for transitioners.
>|
>| |> There should also be a way to configure ldap and samba to work
>| |> together, this manual config-shit is useless.
>|
>| Well a SWAT style GUI configurator would be nice.
>| Probably best to work it into something like GQ
>| though rather than Samba, though.
>
>More things that are already on the TODO list.  Just needing
>time, resources, and people at the moment.
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>cheers, jerry
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