[Samba] Samba 4

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Farkas Levente wrote:
> Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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>> Farkas Levente wrote:
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>>> Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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>>>> Samba 4 does include its own LDAP Directory service and
>>>> Heimdal based KDC.  The reasons for this are to get a working
>>>> implementation up and running.  Later efforts will probably
>>>> focus more on integration of other 3rd party pieces
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>>> this means, that samba4 has it's own build in ldap server which is
>>> neither OpenLDAP nor Fedora Directory Server?
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>> Yes.  Written from scratch.
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> this seems to me a bit of waste of resources:-(

Initially attempts were made to integrate with the OpenLDAP
code.  That turned into a roadblock for all AD development.
So rather than block everything else, Samba 4 needed an LDAP
server that would let developers experiment and find out if
what they were working on was even possible.  So bypassing
the OpenLDAP code was a necessary hack.

Now another goal of Samba 4 is easier setup.  So tridge
things that a turn key solution is better than requiring
Samba 4 admins to be kerberos and LDAP experts is important.

But like I said, if you want to find out more, should you
really take it up on samba-technical.  You'll have a much
broader audience there rather than just me or possible
Andrew Bartlett.




cheers, jerry
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