Re: [pdbsql-users] latest state

[Jelmer V. <je...@sa...>]

What you're describing is exactly what pdb is - that abstraction. pdb is only used with NT style DCs. 

With AD DC your only option is LDAP.

Jelmer

On 12 February 2016 07:21:51 GMT+00:00, "Václav Klecanda" <ven...@gm...> wrote:
>I my case, SAMBA is only translator from/to obscure M$oft protocols to
>linux hosted file share. So Samba even does not need to know any users,
>just it has to have some facility (plugin, or even connection to
>HTTP(s)
>endpoint allowing leave all impl detail to any programming lang) that
>can
>tell to samba: "user with this ID is within this groups, login hours,
>or
>whatever info needed to operate". LDAP is not the only way to store
>info...
>:) Am i Wrong?
>
>On 9 February 2016 at 22:12, Jelmer Vernooij <je...@sa...> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 07:53:32PM +0100, Herwin Weststrate wrote:
>> > On 02/07/2016 09:54 PM, Václav Klecanda wrote:
>> > > Hi, I'd like to know what is the lates state of this project and
>if
>> > > there is still some people iterresting in it. If so, where can I
>find
>> > > latest docs and code?
>> >
>> > The code has been updated for Samba releases in the 3.x-branch. I
>> > haven't really made any official releases on sourceforge, but you
>can
>> > always use the svn branches at
>> > http://sourceforge.net/p/pdbsql/code/HEAD/tree/branches/, the name
>of
>> > the branch indicates the version. Docs are included in the
>branches. I
>> > also have a clone living at https://github.com/herwinw/pdbsql, it
>> > contains a 3.6 branch that has been minimized (pdsql_36_light).
>I've got
>> > that one on a production server and it works.
>> >
>> > The SQL modules have not really changed the last years, except for
>> > changes required for newer Samba versions. pdb_multi also kind of
>works,
>> > but the whole idea behind it is a bit tricky, I would advise
>against
>> > using that in production unless you're willing to give it a long
>test
>> run.
>> >
>> > Samba 4 is not supported, that has been a complete rewrite of the
>core
>> > and I couldn't really find where it stored the users in the four
>minutes
>> > I tried looking at them. I know S4 has a Python-interpreter
>embedded
>> > into it, so I'm hoping that instead of compiling a plugin it would
>be
>> > possible to just load a python script of a few lines that fetches
>users
>> > from a database. But since S4 also includes an LDAP server it might
>be
>> > worth a try to see if you could just use that LDAP to store your
>users
>> > instead of the database. I kind of got a liking to systems that
>work out
>> > of the box the last years ;)
>> Samba 4 is not a rewrite of the core. passdb is still there, and
>pdbsql
>> should still work (module a bunch of minor API changes).
>>
>> However, passdb is not used if you use samba in AD DC mode - just if
>> you use it as a traditional NT4-style domain controller. A thing like
>> pdbsql isn't possible with the AD DC since all users are stored in
>> the internal LDAP server.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jelmer
>>
>>
>>
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