Re: Management of Samba

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl@switchboard.net)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:13:07 +0000 (GMT)

Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 1998 17:13:07 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net>
To:	Multiple recipients of list <samba-technical@samba.anu.edu.au>, Jean-Francois Micouleau <Jean-Francois.Micouleau@utc.fr>
Subject: Re: Management of Samba
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.980325162756.30630A-100000@kappa.utc.fr>

On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Jean-Francois Micouleau wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>
> > absolutely piddling easy. if you wanted a new version of an interface,
> > you create a new number for it (12 bytes plus an interface version?) and
> > then create your new functions.
> >
> > or you could add a totally new function number. or increase the version
> > number of an existing interface.
>
> or you can create a new pipe, eg : \\PIPE\sambaadm

sorry, i forgot to say: you would create a new interface, and you would
_also_ give it a name, e.g as you say j-f: \PIPE\sambaadm.

> > each new function will take about half an hour to an hours' work to code
> > up.
>
> time is depending of the state of your fingers and how well you wrote your
> protocol spec :-)

and your ability to use cut-and-paste.

> Currently I'm spending more time on decoding frames and on paper writing
> the protocol used than really coding !!! That's the fun part of the job !

yeah, i know. try without the paper :-)