[Samba] Migrate mail aliases to AD ypServ30

[Rowland penny]

On 20/07/2020 19:01, RhineDevil wrote:
> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:24:15 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>
> No, it wouldn't, basically all that adding '--rfc-2307' to the provision
> command does, is to add the ypServ30 ldif to AD. This ldif is what
> Microsoft added if you installed IDMU. Adding the ldif makes Samba
> compatible with ADUC.
>
> What you are adding is a corner case, so it would be a large amount of
> work to update samba-tool for a very few users, or perhaps only you.
> However, if you feel this should in samba-tool, patches are always
> welcome ;-)
>
> Rowland
>
> My idea would be more like adding full NIS support with an option (this is normally achieved by using misc.schema (misc.ldif in new database-like configuration) in OpenLDAP) but if you feel this is a corner case I won't be pushy and I'll try to achieve this in the distros I collaborate with in another way

Why on earth would you want to use NIS ?

Active Directory totally replaces it and is much more secure.

Rowland