[Samba] domain-free multi-user use cases

Eric Levy contact at ericlevy.name
Sun Oct 24 07:23:09 UTC 2021


On Sun, 2021-10-24 at 18:30 +1300, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Sun, 2021-10-24 at 01:11 -0400, Eric Levy via samba wrote:
> > I am not familiar at this time with these components, but it would
> > seem
> > that the level of complexity from using such an external tool might
> > defeat the purpose of seeking to eliminate the need for a domain
> > server.
> 
> Yeah.  I'm pretty sure you get the idea we think you should work with
> the tools and protocols we have rather than re-invent the wheel.
> 
> For no-security client-side asserted permissions NFS and sec=sys (or
> whatever it is called these days) is over => THERE.
> 
> (slightly) Sorry!
> 
> Andrew,

Right, so coming full circle to my opening comments, we have a case
that is not supported internally by Samba, and I wish to inquire about
enthusiasm for keeping open any possibility for considering such
support in future development.





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