[1132] in Kerberos_V5_Development
Re: OV admin system integration plan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Tue May 7 21:20:15 1996
To: "Barry Jaspan" <bjaspan@MIT.EDU>
Cc: raeburn@cygnus.com, krbdev@MIT.EDU, tytso@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 21:19:28 EDT
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
>> >Compatibility with Beta-5 and Beta-6
>>
>> First of all,
>> there is the issue of smooth upgrades from Beta-5 and Beta-6. It should
>> be a requirement that we be able to read *and* write old-format ASCII
>> kdb dumps.
The kadmin server does not require any kdc database changes (isn't
that nice? :-), since it stores the admin-related info in tagged data
records. Such records would be vestigial when the kdb was read by a
beta6 kdc, but shouldn't pose any problems otherwise. What this means
is that there is probably no need to have changes between the dump
formats for beta6 and beta7 at all.
We need to choose either to use DB or DBM. We can mix the interfaces,
make libkdb use DB, or convert the OV code to use DBM. Avoiding the
decision by "supporting both" is the worst choice of all.
Marc
