Samba/OpenChange modules for MBS
- Wiki start: [http://projects.mandriva.org/projects/mmc/wiki/Start]
- MDS development mailing-list archives: [https://lists.mandriva.com/wws/arc/mds-devel/]
- MDS development: [http://projects.mandriva.org/projects/mmc/wiki/MDS_Development]
- MMC development: [http://mandriva-management-console.readthedocs.org/en/latest/]
- [http://mandriva-management-console.readthedocs.org/en/latest/devel/python-module.html]
- [http://mandriva-management-console.readthedocs.org/en/latest/devel/php-module.html]
Mandriva MBS is the SMB Mandriva product. From a global perspective, it is similar to Zentyal. It provides a Linux distribution with a web-based configuration and administration interface and integrates a mechanism of plugins to extend the capabilities of the default installation. Their applications/modules are however distributed through an application store, similar to Apple, Google, or Samsung store.
The MBS product is architectured around LDAP. It is the link between modules and it powers Mandriva module integration, primarily between user/groups, mail and samba.
- The core distribution is installed through a graphical interface
- The mandriva server setup (MSS) is installing and configuring the core modules (shipped by default). It is done through a specific web interface running on https://IP:8000
- The dashboard - MMC Agent is running on
https://IPand provide service management and post-install configurations
The components used to currently deploy Samba3 module in Mandriva are:
- mmc-web-samba : SAMBA module for the MMC web interface
- python-mmc-samba : Mandriva Management Console SAMBA plugin
- Runs on 127.0.0.1:7080
Mandriva provides a python based application called mmc-agent. It is powered by Django framework and listens for XML-RPC requests. These requests are turned into actions and the application implements backend code such as modification of configuration file, service management (start/stop/restart/reload), services actions, etc.
python /usr/sbin/mmc-agent
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configuration file:
/etc/mmc/agent/config.ini -
log file:
/var/log/mmc/mmc-agent.log -
python class file:
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mmc/agent.py
This service is responsible for loading the plugins (PluginManager).
- This is an internal class which just looks into the directory where plugins are installed and look for
__init__.pyfor each of them:
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mmc/plugins/*/__init__.py
- It runs the
loadPlugins()method which will call theactivate()method from the plugin
DEBUG Trying to load module samba4 DEBUG Module samba4 loaded INFO Plugin samba4 loaded, version: 1.0.0
Samba4 is not packaged as part of MBS 1.0 but is available as a package for mageia cauldron (https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron) and available at the following URL: