s4-samdb: support relative paths in SamDB() connect

don't add the private path unless the database doesn't exist with the
supplied path

diff --git a/source4/scripting/python/samba/samdb.py b/source4/scripting/python/samba/samdb.py
index 46a7fea32e3b10b98ffc525483717adf9498b875..70f73da6f4e16da0d0a92839d381272a0a8a5e7a 100644 (file)
--- a/source4/scripting/python/samba/samdb.py
+++ b/source4/scripting/python/samba/samdb.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import samba
 import ldb
 import time
 import base64
+import os
 from samba import dsdb
 from samba.ndr import ndr_unpack, ndr_pack
 from samba.dcerpc import drsblobs, misc
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class SamDB(samba.Ldb):
             dsdb._dsdb_set_am_rodc(self, am_rodc)
 
     def connect(self, url=None, flags=0, options=None):
-        if self.lp is not None:
+        if self.lp is not None and not os.path.exists(url):
             url = self.lp.private_path(url)
         self.url = url