Hello: I understand the reasons for getting rid of --with-ssl
Unfortunately, we are currently using it. Are there any instructions on how to set up and stunnel for samba? Thanks, Neil. -- Neil Aggarwal JAMM Consulting, Inc. (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com Custom Internet Development Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Samba] Impending Removal of --with-ssl > > > This message is a warning: > > --with-ssl will die. > > Ok, thats enough with the dramatics, but the general consensus > amoungst the > samba team is that --with-ssl really isn't a particulary smart idea, and > it is better implmented by external tools. > > So what is --with-ssl exactly? And why kill it? > > --with-ssl allows Samba to tunnel SMB inside an SSL connection. > Unfortunetly > there are only 2 clients: smbclient and sharity. Windows clients simply > don't know how to use SSL. > > So why kill it? It might be useful to sombody? > > While some small minority of users might find it handy, it > confuses many more, > including a supprising number of our distributors. Users > actually using this > functionality will find that they can achive almost the same > effect by creative > use of 'stunnel' both as an inetd wrapper as as a 'LIBSMB_PROG' program. > > Finally, it is intrusive and ugly, with large #ifdef sections in > what should > be simple code. > > If sombody can come up with both reasons to keep this code, and time to > maintain it, then I would like to hear it. > > Andrew Bartlett > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba