[Fedora-directory-users] Samba 4 support/integration?

[Jim Hogan]

Sorry if this has been raised already....

We are presently running an NT4-style Samba 3 domain with FDS back end. 
Good.   I was looking at the README for the most recent Samba 4 
Technology Preview.  There's a section in there that says:

"The Samba 4 architecture is based around an LDAP-like database that
can use a range of modular backends.  One of the backends supports
standards compliant LDAP servers (including OpenLDAP), and we are
working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this back-end.
We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful front-end to large
directories."

The fact that FDS isn't mentioned doesn't necessarily mean anything to me, 
but I wonder if Richard or anyone involved in core FDS development could 
offer any observations on Samba 4 and the potential for use of FDS as a 
Samba 4 back end.  I will say that making Samba 3 run with FDS back end 
involved a fair amount of knitting (tho' the same could be said for making 
Samba 3 run with OpenLDAP back end).

I have only gotten so far as to untar the latest Samba 4 TP.  Has anyone 
on list gone so far as to configure Samba 4 with FDS?

Thanks,

Jim