On Saturday 05 July 2008 16:30:31 Arthur de Jong wrote:

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> I don't think that having spaces in POSIX group names is a good idea
> because it is bound to break stuff.
>
> If you can come up with good arguments as to why this should be
> supported I may reconsider though.

The main argument i have is that it makes it hard to use libnss-ldapd with 
samba. LDAP based samba setups, including nss  based user name and group 
mappings, are well documented:
http://us6.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/unixclients.html#sdcsdmldap

About "bound to break stuff"... many people use LDAP based samba setups based 
on the above guide, if it did break stuff, i guess we would have heard by now.

Also, i thought ibnss-ldapd was a drop in replacement for ibnss-ldap, this 
test obviously breaks compatibility.

At the very least, could the fact that it doesn't work with ldap setups based 
on the Samba-Guide be documented somewhere?

Andreas

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