[Samba] Re: proposed list of parameter to remove in 3.0.23

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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simo wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 15:49 -0700, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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>> Andrew Bartlett wrote:
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>>> When we were looking to publish the original 3.0, I 
>>> lobbied to keep --with-ldapsam as meaning 'do much
>>> as what Samba 2.2 did', because we> had a lot of
>>> documentation that told users to do this.  I also wanted it
>>> to be easier to upgrade.
>>>
>>> I'm far from certain it remains a good idea.  2.2 is 
>>> long past, and it just confuses users now.
>> I think it was the right choice then.  But as the
>> comments have shown, most people don't understand
>> what the option does any more.
> 
> I wonder if it works correctly today after all the 
> changes been made to the passdb layer.

- --with-ldapsam only enable the 'ldap server' and
'ldap port' options in smb.conf.  The ldapsam_compat
implementation internally is completely different.

I think I'm convinced now that the configure option
should go.



cheers, jerry
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