werner maes wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When I open a text file on a Samba fileserver using LDAP for
> authentication, Samba always makes these LDAP calls (see below). The user
> has been authenticated so why does Samba still makes these LDAP connections?

Samba's ldap handling is 'inefficient' to say the least.  It also hits
the underlying getpw*() interface a fair bit - particulary becouse
clients often request additional info about a file - like owner - and
sysadmins have various smb.conf options set.

Andrew Bartlett

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