Re: Major new ubiqx release

Christopher R. Hertel (crh@NTS.Umn.EDU)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:56:54 -0500 (CDT)

From:	"Christopher R. Hertel" <crh@NTS.Umn.EDU>
Message-Id: <199804212156.QAA12241@unet.unet.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: Major new ubiqx release
To:	lkcl@regent.push.net (Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton)
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:56:54 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980421215047.24790z-100000@regent.push.net> from "Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton" at Apr 21, 98 09:51:43 pm

You misunderstand...

Let's say, for example, that someone writes an interface that copies all
of the WINS entries into an LDAP server database. Now, someone with
authority comes along and modifies an entry via LDAP. Do we allow that
modification to be sent back to nmbd or not?

In the case of WINS, you might say "why would we ever", but if you think
about passwords or configurations, then it's more obvious.

So, as we design external hooks we need to think about data flow
directions and how to manage such stuff.

BTW, this is similar to the problem faced when designing Dynamic DNS.
What do you allow people to change from the outside, and how? Curious.

Chris -)-----

>
> > * Do we want to allow changes to the outside database back in to Samba?
>
> by direct editing of the database, not recommended. by a very specific
> interface through samba (e.g dce/rpc), recommended.
>
> lukes
>

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Christopher R. Hertel -)-----                   University of Minnesota
crh@nts.umn.edu              Networking and Telecommunications Services