[Likewise-open-discuss] RFC2307 idmap - howto ?

[Brent Clements]

Jerry,

For learning purposes, can you describe what each idmap plugin is used for
and the differences between each?

Thanks,
Brent C.

On 4/22/08, Gerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry at samba.org> wrote:
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> Marcello de Sousa wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >  Is is possible to use LW Open with "idmap backend = ad"
> > (RFC2307) for idmap , and "winbind nss info = rfc2307" ?
> >  Someone (Jerry, I believe) mentioned that LW Open
> > supports it, but how ?
> >
> > The default option in "lwiauthd.conf" is :
> >   idmap config default:backend = lwopen
> >
> > I've tried these 2 options without success (different
> > errors):
> >   idmap config default:backend = lwidentity
> > or:
> >   idmap config default:backend = ad
>
> No.  Not supported.  It can work but is beyond the scope
> of what we are trying to accomplish with the project/product.
> I think that often times a project errs but making things
> too flexible and therefore ends up with software that
> is too complicated.
>
> So for Likewise Open, we are supporting two idmap plugins.
> The Open one and the Enterprise mapping one.  We're not
> trying to be "Samba" by another name.
>
> Of course, the beauty of open code is that you of course
> can make it whatever you like.  I do try to keep all our
> changes going upstream so that likewise-winbindd is very
> close to the upstream Samba Winbind.  So the code changes
> to make the idmap_ad plugin from Samba to work with Likewise
> Open are relatively small.
>
> I'd be glad to go into more technical details but wanted to
> make the scope and intent of Likewise Open clear first.
>
>
>
>
>
> cheers, jerry
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