samba - Feb 2016 - [PATCH] Re: Samba 4.1.17 classic update w/LDAP - parsing error

To be clear, I mean the patch from Andrew Barlett, 24.09.2015 09:57.
It is tested, it works and thus should get upstream, shouldn't it?


Dňa 02.11.2015 o 14:14 Rowland Penny napísal(a):
> On 02/11/15 12:32, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote:
>> I think the tool should act consistently. I.e., it can cope with
>> automatically provisioned groups - when they exist in imported domain
>> too, it simply displays a warning "group already exists" and
goes on.
>>
>> I think this is the right behaviour that should apply to users too.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>
> When you carry out the classicupgrade, AD has to be provisioned before
> the original users & groups are added. Part of this provisioning is
> the creation of the default AD users and groups. There are only 3 or
> possibly 4 users created, depending on whether you are using bind9 or
> not. The standard users are 'Administrator', 'krbtgt' and
'Guest', the
> optional user is 'dns-DCHOSTNAME'. The user 'Administrator'
is dealt
> with by the classicupgrade, but the others are ignored, probably
> because it wasn't thought that anybody would have these users in their
> Samba database.
> This could be thought of as a bug or as a lack of documentation, or
> quite possibly both.
>
> From my experience, most people do not read the wiki until something
> goes wrong or doesn't work the way they expect. Even then they
don't
> read it until they are pointed at it by a post on the mailing list.
>
> So, even though Andrew doesn't think the upgrade.py code should be
> changed, after trying to think just what to put on the classicupgrade
> wiki page (and where on the page), I have come to the conclusion that
> upgrade.py should be changed to work as the OP has suggested, as this
> will be the easiest way to get the message across.
>
> Rowland
>

On 12/02/16 08:46, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote:
> To be clear, I mean the patch from Andrew Barlett, 24.09.2015 09:57.
> It is tested, it works and thus should get upstream, shouldn't it?
>
>
>
Have you a link to this patch ?

Rowland

It is attached to his mail, see 24.09.2015 09:57

Dňa 12.02.2016 o 10:07 Rowland penny napísal(a):
> On 12/02/16 08:46, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote:
>> To be clear, I mean the patch from Andrew Barlett, 24.09.2015 09:57.
>> It is tested, it works and thus should get upstream, shouldn't it?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Have you a link to this patch ?
>
> Rowland
>
>