[Samba] libsamba-policy.cpython: where it is used in samba?

[Michael Tokarev]

Hi!

I'm trying to find where various components of samba belongs to and where they're used.
There are quite a few files with unknown purpose.  For example, a cpython library
(python code which is to be linked to from a C program) libsamba-policy.  On current
debian it is like:

   usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsamba-policy.cpython-311-x86-64-linux-gnu.so.0.0.1
   usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/samba/policy.cpython-311-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
   usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/samba-policy.cpython-311-x86_64-linux-gnu.pc

(the libraries are part of python3-samba package, the .pc file is part of samba-dev).

I don't see these are referenced anywhere.  What it is for?

Also, what it *is* to begin with?  It looks like it is a python code embeddable
into a C program, and next it's linked to with a python extension?

Can't the said python extension (samba-policy.cpython) run python code in
libsamba-policy directly, without the C/so wrapper?

Thanks,

/mjt
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