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diff --git a/docs/docbook/devdoc/rpc_plugin.sgml b/docs/docbook/devdoc/rpc_plugin.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index a2d1bd4c35..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/devdoc/rpc_plugin.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="rpc-plugin"> -<chapterinfo> - <author> - <firstname>Anthony</firstname><surname>Liguori</surname> - <affiliation> - <orgname>IBM</orgname> - <address><email>aliguor@us.ibm.com</email></address> - </affiliation> - </author> - &author.jelmer; - <pubdate>January 2003</pubdate> -</chapterinfo> - -<title>RPC Pluggable Modules</title> - -<sect1> -<title>About</title> - -<para> -This document describes how to make use the new RPC Pluggable Modules features -of Samba 3.0. This architecture was added to increase the maintainability of -Samba allowing RPC Pipes to be worked on separately from the main CVS branch. -The RPM architecture will also allow third-party vendors to add functionality -to Samba through plug-ins. -</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>General Overview</title> - -<para> -When an RPC call is sent to smbd, smbd tries to load a shared library by the -name <filename>librpc_<pipename>.so</filename> to handle the call if -it doesn't know how to handle the call internally. For instance, LSA calls -are handled by <filename>librpc_lsass.so</filename>.. -These shared libraries should be located in the <filename><sambaroot>/lib/rpc</filename>. smbd then attempts to call the init_module function within -the shared library. Check the chapter on modules for more information. -</para> - -<para> -In the init_module function, the library should call -rpc_pipe_register_commands(). This function takes the following arguments: -</para> - -<para><programlisting> -int rpc_pipe_register_commands(const char *clnt, const char *srv, - const struct api_struct *cmds, int size); -</programlisting></para> - -<variablelist> - -<varlistentry><term>clnt</term> -<listitem><para>the Client name of the named pipe</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>srv</term> -<listitem><para>the Server name of the named pipe</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>cmds</term> -<listitem><para>a list of api_structs that map RPC ordinal numbers to function calls</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>size</term> -<listitem><para>the number of api_structs contained in cmds</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> - -<para> -See rpc_server/srv_reg.c and rpc_server/srv_reg_nt.c for a small example of -how to use this library. -</para> - -</sect1> -</chapter> |