Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:33:51 -0800 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pw_user.c change for samba Message-ID: <20021127123351.A53582@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3DE52B70.44402B98@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:30:40PM -0800 References: <20021127192126.GA31706@leviathan.inethouston.net> <3DE52B70.44402B98@mindspring.com>
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* De: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> [ Data: 2002-11-27 ] [ Subjecte: Re: pw_user.c change for samba ] > "David W. Chapman Jr." wrote: > > I know we're in a code freeze right now, but would anyone have a > > problem with this patch once the freeze is up? This brings us closer > > to allowing samba to automatically joining machines to the domain. > > This change permits '$' in the account name, group name, and > login class fields. > > Why is this actually necessary for SAMBA? Go read the SAMBA website, there's a good deal about how us lucky FreeBSD + SAMBA users get to vipw+vi /etc/group by hand, since pw(8) doesn't let one do what [adduser] does. -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> OpenDarwin, Mono, FreeBSD Developer. ircd-hybrid Developer, EFnet addict. FreeBSD on MIPS-Anything on FreeBSD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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