samba - Feb 2002 - How stable is head and when will it be released?

Hi,

I'm contemplating to upgrade my samba-tng server to one of the other sambas.
In
that regard I am wondering what will be the route to take to enjoy a system
where I will be relieved from doing large-scale changes in my ldapdirectory. The
reason I'm running tng is because ldap support didn't exist for samba
when I set
it up. Now, here I go:
1. When do you think group mapping will become a part of the stable samba dist.
2. Is it possible to get a smbadduser that also adds the user to the ldap dir in
the future? (basicly adding the posix parts too? )
3. has anyone tried to move from tng to samba-stable? What changes did you do?

Many thanks for your answers. 

Tarjei

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Tarjei Huse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm contemplating to upgrade my samba-tng server to one of the other
sambas. In
> that regard I am wondering what will be the route to take to enjoy a system
> where I will be relieved from doing large-scale changes in my
ldapdirectory. The
> reason I'm running tng is because ldap support didn't exist for
samba when I set
> it up. Now, here I go:
> 1. When do you think group mapping will become a part of the stable samba
dist.
No delivery date has been set for 3.0.  Sorry.
> 2. Is it possible to get a smbadduser that also adds the user to the ldap
dir in
> the future? (basicly adding the posix parts too? )
Now.  Although you can script this easily in an add user script.  
My philosphy is that Samba should only extend UNIX accounts, not 
be responsible for them.  The maintaince of a posixAccount entry is beyond 
our scope.
> 3. has anyone tried to move from tng to samba-stable? What 
> changes did you do?
No idea....









chau, jerry
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