Gary Winiger wrote: > I'm sponsoring this fast track for Nico Williams and the Winchester > project team. It adds another mapping style to the existing > Winchester project. The added interfaces request a Uncommitted > taxonomy which matches the existing Winchester taxonomy. > The case requests a Patch release binding (though a backport is not > currently planned). > Jim and Darren seem to have already expressed concern about "can't we do better"? This does seem to follow some other vendor's half-baked implementation. This discussion seems to have been interrupted by the break - I hope the discussion continues.
> - Mixed mode > > When mapping a Windows SID to a UID/GID idmapd will use the > procedure described above for AD-only mode. > > When mapping a UID/GID to a SID, idmapd will use the procedure > described above for Native-LDAP-only mode. > Just for my information, why would somebody used Mixed mode? > PHASED DELIVERY > --------------- > Due to time pressures we request to deliver in up to three phases: > > - AD-only mode (likely to integrate first) > > - Native LDAP-only and Mixed modes (because of required modifications > to libsldap) > > - Administrative idmap(1M) sub-commands (likely to integrate last; the > Sun internal consumer that requested directory-based mappings needs > the feature more than the new idmap(1M) sub-commands) > In the OpenSolaris context, I wouldn't think that the community would be very empathetic to this rationale. Is this project complete? Specifically, it seems that any proposed phasing which implements a feature without the fully supported administrative tools just seems wrong. I don't see an issue with the ordering/separation of the modes, but the tools must be there with the first integration. - jek3
