[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 2 of 7] Small refactor of dsinstance.config_dirname()

[Rob Crittenden]

Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 14:14 -0500, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> I'm not sure about this one. I think we purposely chose to link the 
>> serverid and the realm name when we switched from using a GUID.
>>
>> Simo, do you have any issues with this? You were more involved in that 
>> than I was.
> 
> It was changed because we thought that the UUID was a burden because it
> was difficult to remember and look for.
> 
> But I have no big objections to go back using the UUID, as a scenario
> like the one Mark is heading was one of the reason I choose the UUID
> initially as naming scheme.
> 
> Maybe we can provide symlinks to help admins? (As long as they will not
> confuse FDS's init scripts).
> Or maybe we can have a symlink under /etc/ipa, something like:
> /etc/ipa/ds-instance-REALM -> /etc/dirsrv/slapd-1234-12345678-ABCD
> 
> Simo.

This patch doesn't go back to using a GUID but it does allow one to 
de-couple the serverid from the realm. It doesn't actually do that yet 
but it looks like step one down that path. I was just wondering if this 
would cause problems later. It sounds like it won't.

rob
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