diff --git a/lib/util/modules.c b/lib/util/modules.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d25cabf7602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/modules.c
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+/*
+   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+   Samba utility functions
+   Copyright (C) Jelmer Vernooij 2002-2003,2005-2007
+   Copyright (C) Stefan (metze) Metzmacher 2003
+   Copyright (C) Andrew Bartlett 2011
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "includes.h"
+#include "dynconfig/dynconfig.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
+#include "system/filesys.h"
+#include "system/dir.h"
+
+/**
+ * Obtain the init function from a shared library file
+ */
+init_module_fn load_module(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path)
+{
+	void *handle;
+	void *init_fn;
+
+	handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW);
+	if (handle == NULL) {
+		DEBUG(0, ("Unable to open %s: %s\n", path, dlerror()));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	init_fn = dlsym(handle, SAMBA_INIT_MODULE);
+
+	if (init_fn == NULL) {
+		DEBUG(0, ("Unable to find %s() in %s: %s\n",
+			  SAMBA_INIT_MODULE, path, dlerror()));
+		DEBUG(1, ("Loading module '%s' failed\n", path));
+		dlclose(handle);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return (init_module_fn)init_fn;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Obtain list of init functions from the modules in the specified
+ * directory
+ */
+init_module_fn *load_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path)
+{
+	DIR *dir;
+	struct dirent *entry;
+	char *filename;
+	int success = 0;
+	init_module_fn *ret = talloc_array(mem_ctx, init_module_fn, 2);
+
+	ret[0] = NULL;
+
+	dir = opendir(path);
+	if (dir == NULL) {
+		talloc_free(ret);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	while((entry = readdir(dir))) {
+		if (ISDOT(entry->d_name) || ISDOTDOT(entry->d_name))
+			continue;
+
+		filename = talloc_asprintf(mem_ctx, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);
+
+		ret[success] = load_module(mem_ctx, filename);
+		if (ret[success]) {
+			ret = talloc_realloc(mem_ctx, ret, init_module_fn, success+2);
+			success++;
+			ret[success] = NULL;
+		}
+
+		talloc_free(filename);
+	}
+
+	closedir(dir);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run the specified init functions.
+ *
+ * @return true if all functions ran successfully, false otherwise
+ */
+bool run_init_functions(init_module_fn *fns)
+{
+	int i;
+	bool ret = true;
+
+	if (fns == NULL)
+		return true;
+
+	for (i = 0; fns[i]; i++) { ret &= (bool)NT_STATUS_IS_OK(fns[i]()); }
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load the initialization functions from DSO files for a specific subsystem.
+ *
+ * Will return an array of function pointers to initialization functions
+ */
+
+init_module_fn *load_samba_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *subsystem)
+{
+	char *path = modules_path(mem_ctx, subsystem);
+	init_module_fn *ret;
+
+	ret = load_modules(mem_ctx, path);
+
+	talloc_free(path);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+/* Load a dynamic module.  Only log a level 0 error if we are not checking
+   for the existence of a module (probling). */
+
+static NTSTATUS do_smb_load_module(const char *module_name, bool is_probe)
+{
+	void *handle;
+	init_module_function *init;
+	NTSTATUS status;
+	const char *error;
+
+	/* Always try to use LAZY symbol resolving; if the plugin has
+	 * backwards compatibility, there might be symbols in the
+	 * plugin referencing to old (removed) functions
+	 */
+	handle = dlopen(module_name, RTLD_LAZY);
+
+	/* This call should reset any possible non-fatal errors that
+	   occured since last call to dl* functions */
+	error = dlerror();
+
+	if(!handle) {
+		int level = is_probe ? 3 : 0;
+		DEBUG(level, ("Error loading module '%s': %s\n", module_name, error ? error : ""));
+		return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
+	}
+
+	init = (init_module_function *)dlsym(handle, "init_samba_module");
+
+	/* we must check dlerror() to determine if it worked, because
+           dlsym() can validly return NULL */
+	error = dlerror();
+	if (error) {
+		DEBUG(0, ("Error trying to resolve symbol 'init_samba_module' "
+			  "in %s: %s\n", module_name, error));
+		dlclose(handle);
+		return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
+	}
+
+	DEBUG(2, ("Module '%s' loaded\n", module_name));
+
+	status = init();
+	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
+		DEBUG(0, ("Module '%s' initialization failed: %s\n",
+			    module_name, get_friendly_nt_error_msg(status)));
+		dlclose(handle);
+	}
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+NTSTATUS smb_load_module(const char *module_name)
+{
+	return do_smb_load_module(module_name, false);
+}
+
+/* Load all modules in list and return number of
+ * modules that has been successfully loaded */
+int smb_load_modules(const char **modules)
+{
+	int i;
+	int success = 0;
+
+	for(i = 0; modules[i]; i++){
+		if(NT_STATUS_IS_OK(smb_load_module(modules[i]))) {
+			success++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	DEBUG(2, ("%d modules successfully loaded\n", success));
+
+	return success;
+}
+
+NTSTATUS smb_probe_module(const char *subsystem, const char *module)
+{
+	char *full_path = NULL;
+	TALLOC_CTX *ctx = talloc_stackframe();
+	NTSTATUS status;
+
+	/* Check for absolute path */
+
+	/* if we make any 'samba multibyte string'
+	   calls here, we break
+	   for loading string modules */
+
+	DEBUG(5, ("Probing module '%s'\n", module));
+
+	if (module[0] == '/') {
+		status = do_smb_load_module(module, true);
+		TALLOC_FREE(ctx);
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	full_path = talloc_asprintf(ctx,
+				    "%s/%s.%s",
+				    modules_path(ctx, subsystem),
+				    module,
+				    shlib_ext());
+	if (!full_path) {
+		TALLOC_FREE(ctx);
+		return NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
+	}
+
+	DEBUG(5, ("Probing module '%s': Trying to load from %s\n",
+		module, full_path));
+
+	status = do_smb_load_module(full_path, true);
+
+	TALLOC_FREE(ctx);
+	return status;
+}
diff --git a/lib/util/samba_modules.h b/lib/util/samba_modules.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2cca622e50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/samba_modules.h
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+   Handling of idle/exit events
+   Copyright (C) Stefan (metze) Metzmacher	2003
+   Copyright (C) Andrew Bartlett 2011
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _SAMBA_MODULES_H
+#define _SAMBA_MODULES_H
+
+/* Module support */
+typedef NTSTATUS (init_module_function) (void);
+typedef NTSTATUS (*init_module_fn) (void);
+
+NTSTATUS init_samba_module(void);
+
+/* this needs to be a string which is not in the C library. We
+   previously used "init_module", but that meant that modules which
+   did not define this function ended up calling the C library
+   function init_module() which makes a system call */
+#define SAMBA_INIT_MODULE "samba_init_module"
+
+/**
+ * Obtain the init function from a shared library file
+ */
+init_module_fn load_module(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Obtain list of init functions from the modules in the specified
+ * directory
+ */
+init_module_fn *load_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Run the specified init functions.
+ *
+ * @return true if all functions ran successfully, false otherwise
+ */
+bool run_init_functions(init_module_fn *fns);
+
+/**
+ * Load the initialization functions from DSO files for a specific subsystem.
+ *
+ * Will return an array of function pointers to initialization functions
+ */
+init_module_fn *load_samba_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *subsystem);
+
+NTSTATUS smb_load_module(const char *module_name);
+int smb_load_modules(const char **modules);
+NTSTATUS smb_probe_module(const char *subsystem, const char *module);
+
+#endif /* _SAMBA_MODULES_H */
diff --git a/lib/util/wscript_build b/lib/util/wscript_build
index 70a639d2d7c..f4bd8852311 100755
--- a/lib/util/wscript_build
+++ b/lib/util/wscript_build
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ bld.SAMBA_LIBRARY('samba-util',
                   pc_files='samba-util.pc'
                   )
 
+bld.SAMBA_LIBRARY('samba-modules',
+		  source='modules.c',
+		  deps='errors samba-util',
+		  local_include=False,
+		  private_library=True)
+
 bld.SAMBA_LIBRARY('asn1util',
                   source='asn1.c',
                   deps='talloc samba-util',
diff --git a/source3/Makefile.in b/source3/Makefile.in
index c736ae8d06b..a048090ceee 100644
--- a/source3/Makefile.in
+++ b/source3/Makefile.in
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ LIB_OBJ = $(LIBSAMBAUTIL_OBJ) $(UTIL_OBJ) $(CRYPTO_OBJ) $(LIBTSOCKET_OBJ) \
 	  ../lib/util/charset/charset_macosxfs.o intl/lang_tdb.o \
 	  lib/conn_tdb.o lib/adt_tree.o lib/gencache.o \
 	  lib/sessionid_tdb.o \
-	  lib/module.o lib/events.o @LIBTEVENT_OBJ0@ \
+	  ../lib/util/modules.o lib/events.o @LIBTEVENT_OBJ0@ \
 	  @CCAN_OBJ@ \
 	  lib/server_contexts.o \
 	  lib/server_prefork.o \
diff --git a/source3/include/includes.h b/source3/include/includes.h
index b6440897127..786fb4e574a 100644
--- a/source3/include/includes.h
+++ b/source3/include/includes.h
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ typedef char fstring[FSTRING_LEN];
 #include "smb.h"
 #include "../lib/util/byteorder.h"
 
-#include "module.h"
+#include "../lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 #include "../lib/util/talloc_stack.h"
 #include "../lib/util/smb_threads.h"
 #include "../lib/util/smb_threads_internal.h"
diff --git a/source3/include/module.h b/source3/include/module.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 667fac653a0..00000000000
--- a/source3/include/module.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
-   Handling of idle/exit events
-   Copyright (C) Stefan (metze) Metzmacher	2003
-
-   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-   (at your option) any later version.
-
-   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-   GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-#ifndef _MODULE_H
-#define _MODULE_H
-
-/* Module support */
-typedef NTSTATUS (init_module_function) (void);
-
-NTSTATUS init_samba_module(void);
-
-#endif /* _MODULE_H */
diff --git a/source3/include/proto.h b/source3/include/proto.h
index f6e72366646..ffc90ffd2c0 100644
--- a/source3/include/proto.h
+++ b/source3/include/proto.h
@@ -185,16 +185,6 @@ void init_ldap_debugging(void);
 char *escape_ldap_string(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *s);
 char *escape_rdn_val_string_alloc(const char *s);
 
-/* The following definitions come from lib/module.c  */
-
-NTSTATUS smb_load_module(const char *module_name);
-int smb_load_modules(const char **modules);
-NTSTATUS smb_probe_module(const char *subsystem, const char *module);
-NTSTATUS smb_load_module(const char *module_name);
-int smb_load_modules(const char **modules);
-NTSTATUS smb_probe_module(const char *subsystem, const char *module);
-void init_modules(void);
-
 /* The following definitions come from lib/ms_fnmatch.c  */
 
 int ms_fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, bool translate_pattern,
@@ -604,6 +594,7 @@ bool map_open_params_to_ntcreate(const char *smb_base_fname,
 				 uint32 *pcreate_disposition,
 				 uint32 *pcreate_options,
 				 uint32_t *pprivate_flags);
+void init_modules(void);
 
 /* The following definitions come from lib/util_cmdline.c  */
 
diff --git a/source3/lib/module.c b/source3/lib/module.c
index 9cd3884c517..a85d7d05280 100644
--- a/source3/lib/module.c
+++ b/source3/lib/module.c
@@ -20,123 +20,3 @@
 */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-
-/* Load a dynamic module.  Only log a level 0 error if we are not checking 
-   for the existence of a module (probling). */
-
-static NTSTATUS do_smb_load_module(const char *module_name, bool is_probe)
-{
-	void *handle;
-	init_module_function *init;
-	NTSTATUS status;
-	const char *error;
-
-	/* Always try to use LAZY symbol resolving; if the plugin has 
-	 * backwards compatibility, there might be symbols in the 
-	 * plugin referencing to old (removed) functions
-	 */
-	handle = dlopen(module_name, RTLD_LAZY);
-
-	/* This call should reset any possible non-fatal errors that 
-	   occured since last call to dl* functions */
-	error = dlerror();
-
-	if(!handle) {
-		int level = is_probe ? 3 : 0;
-		DEBUG(level, ("Error loading module '%s': %s\n", module_name, error ? error : ""));
-		return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
-	}
-
-	init = (init_module_function *)dlsym(handle, "init_samba_module");
-
-	/* we must check dlerror() to determine if it worked, because
-           dlsym() can validly return NULL */
-	error = dlerror();
-	if (error) {
-		DEBUG(0, ("Error trying to resolve symbol 'init_samba_module' "
-			  "in %s: %s\n", module_name, error));
-		dlclose(handle);
-		return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
-	}
-
-	DEBUG(2, ("Module '%s' loaded\n", module_name));
-
-	status = init();
-	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
-		DEBUG(0, ("Module '%s' initialization failed: %s\n",
-			    module_name, get_friendly_nt_error_msg(status)));
-		dlclose(handle);
-	}
-
-	return status;
-}
-
-NTSTATUS smb_load_module(const char *module_name)
-{
-	return do_smb_load_module(module_name, False);
-}
-
-/* Load all modules in list and return number of
- * modules that has been successfully loaded */
-int smb_load_modules(const char **modules)
-{
-	int i;
-	int success = 0;
-
-	for(i = 0; modules[i]; i++){
-		if(NT_STATUS_IS_OK(smb_load_module(modules[i]))) {
-			success++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	DEBUG(2, ("%d modules successfully loaded\n", success));
-
-	return success;
-}
-
-NTSTATUS smb_probe_module(const char *subsystem, const char *module)
-{
-	char *full_path = NULL;
-	TALLOC_CTX *ctx = talloc_stackframe();
-	NTSTATUS status;
-
-	/* Check for absolute path */
-
-	/* if we make any 'samba multibyte string'
-	   calls here, we break
-	   for loading string modules */
-
-	DEBUG(5, ("Probing module '%s'\n", module));
-
-	if (module[0] == '/') {
-		status = do_smb_load_module(module, True);
-		TALLOC_FREE(ctx);
-		return status;
-	}
-
-	full_path = talloc_asprintf(ctx,
-				    "%s/%s.%s",
-				    modules_path(ctx, subsystem),
-				    module,
-				    shlib_ext());
-	if (!full_path) {
-		TALLOC_FREE(ctx);
-		return NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
-	}
-
-	DEBUG(5, ("Probing module '%s': Trying to load from %s\n",
-		module, full_path));
-
-	status = do_smb_load_module(full_path, True);
-
-	TALLOC_FREE(ctx);
-	return status;
-}
-
-void init_modules(void)
-{
-	/* FIXME: This can cause undefined symbol errors :
-	 *  smb_register_vfs() isn't available in nmbd, for example */
-	if(lp_preload_modules()) 
-		smb_load_modules(lp_preload_modules());
-}
diff --git a/source3/lib/util.c b/source3/lib/util.c
index 887d1849ee8..f29568fca02 100644
--- a/source3/lib/util.c
+++ b/source3/lib/util.c
@@ -2414,3 +2414,12 @@ bool map_open_params_to_ntcreate(const char *smb_base_fname,
 	return True;
 
 }
+
+
+void init_modules(void)
+{
+	/* FIXME: This can cause undefined symbol errors :
+	 *  smb_register_vfs() isn't available in nmbd, for example */
+	if(lp_preload_modules())
+		smb_load_modules(lp_preload_modules());
+}
diff --git a/source3/wscript_build b/source3/wscript_build
index d105f1fb5a3..74a68807258 100755
--- a/source3/wscript_build
+++ b/source3/wscript_build
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ bld.SAMBA3_SUBSYSTEM('KRBCLIENT',
 
 bld.SAMBA3_SUBSYSTEM('samba3core',
                    source=LIB_SRC,
-                   deps='LIBTSOCKET LIBCRYPTO ndr security NDR_SECURITY samba-util NDR_MESSAGING LIBASYNC_REQ tdb-wrap3 UTIL_TDB UTIL_PW SAMBA_VERSION KRB5_WRAP flag_mapping util_reg PTHREADPOOL interfaces cap string_init param util_str CHARSET3 namearray dbwrap util_sec util_malloc memcache ccan errors3',
+                   deps='LIBTSOCKET LIBCRYPTO ndr security NDR_SECURITY samba-util NDR_MESSAGING LIBASYNC_REQ tdb-wrap3 UTIL_TDB UTIL_PW SAMBA_VERSION KRB5_WRAP flag_mapping util_reg PTHREADPOOL interfaces cap string_init param util_str CHARSET3 namearray dbwrap util_sec util_malloc memcache ccan errors3 samba-modules',
                    vars=locals())
 
 bld.SAMBA3_LIBRARY('smbd_shim',
diff --git a/source4/auth/gensec/gensec_start.c b/source4/auth/gensec/gensec_start.c
index d754bb0cde1..d400685a49a 100644
--- a/source4/auth/gensec/gensec_start.c
+++ b/source4/auth/gensec/gensec_start.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "param/param.h"
 #include "lib/util/tsort.h"
 #include "auth/gensec/gensec_toplevel_proto.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /* the list of currently registered GENSEC backends */
 static struct gensec_security_ops **generic_security_ops;
diff --git a/source4/auth/gensec/wscript_build b/source4/auth/gensec/wscript_build
index c5c0c340acb..a7fa12f56a3 100644
--- a/source4/auth/gensec/wscript_build
+++ b/source4/auth/gensec/wscript_build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bld.SAMBA_LIBRARY('gensec',
 	source='gensec_start.c socket.c gensec_tstream.c',
 	pc_files='gensec.pc',
 	autoproto='gensec_proto.h',
-	public_deps='tevent-util samba-util errors LIBPACKET auth_system_session gensec_runtime',
+	public_deps='tevent-util samba-util errors LIBPACKET auth_system_session gensec_runtime samba-modules',
 	public_headers='',
 	deps='com_err',
 	vnum='0.0.1'
diff --git a/source4/auth/ntlm/auth.c b/source4/auth/ntlm/auth.c
index 69cbff6e9a5..802bc1b40fb 100644
--- a/source4/auth/ntlm/auth.c
+++ b/source4/auth/ntlm/auth.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "param/param.h"
 #include "dsdb/samdb/samdb.h"
 #include "libcli/wbclient/wbclient.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /***************************************************************************
  Set a fixed challenge
diff --git a/source4/auth/ntlm/wscript_build b/source4/auth/ntlm/wscript_build
index 48f28f57758..29190f76f35 100644
--- a/source4/auth/ntlm/wscript_build
+++ b/source4/auth/ntlm/wscript_build
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bld.SAMBA_MODULE('auth4_unix',
 bld.SAMBA_LIBRARY('auth4',
 	source='auth.c auth_util.c auth_simple.c',
 	autoproto='auth_proto.h',
-	deps='samba-util security samdb samba-credentials tevent-util LIBWBCLIENT_OLD auth_unix_token',
+	deps='samba-util security samdb samba-credentials tevent-util LIBWBCLIENT_OLD auth_unix_token samba-modules',
 	private_library=True
 	)
 
diff --git a/source4/ntptr/ntptr_base.c b/source4/ntptr/ntptr_base.c
index 42e7b10d4a6..3fe8960602a 100644
--- a/source4/ntptr/ntptr_base.c
+++ b/source4/ntptr/ntptr_base.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "includes.h"
 #include "ntptr/ntptr.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /* the list of currently registered NTPTR backends */
 static struct ntptr_backend {
diff --git a/source4/ntvfs/ntvfs_base.c b/source4/ntvfs/ntvfs_base.c
index 448d2919df3..8058181f89d 100644
--- a/source4/ntvfs/ntvfs_base.c
+++ b/source4/ntvfs/ntvfs_base.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "../lib/util/dlinklist.h"
 #include "ntvfs/ntvfs.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /* the list of currently registered NTVFS backends, note that there
  * can be more than one backend with the same name, as long as they
diff --git a/source4/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_acl.c b/source4/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_acl.c
index cbe3e4e233f..8157d862ec2 100644
--- a/source4/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_acl.c
+++ b/source4/ntvfs/posix/pvfs_acl.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "libcli/security/security.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
 #include "../lib/util/unix_privs.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 #if defined(UID_WRAPPER)
 #if !defined(UID_WRAPPER_REPLACE) && !defined(UID_WRAPPER_NOT_REPLACE)
diff --git a/source4/ntvfs/posix/wscript_build b/source4/ntvfs/posix/wscript_build
index 84695eeafd6..acceefadf69 100644
--- a/source4/ntvfs/posix/wscript_build
+++ b/source4/ntvfs/posix/wscript_build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 bld.SAMBA_SUBSYSTEM('pvfs_acl',
 	source='pvfs_acl.c',
 	autoproto='vfs_acl_proto.h',
-	deps='events',
+	deps='events samba-modules',
 	)
 
 
diff --git a/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_lease.c b/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_lease.c
index 7865f717a42..9adb8982742 100644
--- a/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_lease.c
+++ b/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_lease.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "ntvfs/sysdep/sys_lease.h"
 #include "../lib/util/dlinklist.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /* list of registered backends */
 static struct sys_lease_ops *backends;
diff --git a/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_notify.c b/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_notify.c
index 03679b644de..00300cd25a6 100644
--- a/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_notify.c
+++ b/source4/ntvfs/sysdep/sys_notify.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <tevent.h>
 #include "../lib/util/dlinklist.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /* list of registered backends */
 static struct sys_notify_backend *backends;
diff --git a/source4/ntvfs/wscript_build b/source4/ntvfs/wscript_build
index 6d554f22735..0ddd4e5ed40 100644
--- a/source4/ntvfs/wscript_build
+++ b/source4/ntvfs/wscript_build
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bld.SAMBA_MODULE('ntvfs_nbench',
 bld.SAMBA_LIBRARY('ntvfs',
                   source='ntvfs_base.c ntvfs_generic.c ntvfs_interface.c ntvfs_util.c',
                   autoproto='ntvfs_proto.h',
-                  deps='tevent',
+                  deps='tevent samba-modules',
                   private_library=True
                   )
 
diff --git a/source4/param/param.h b/source4/param/param.h
index 02837c56d94..3b9a75d65a6 100644
--- a/source4/param/param.h
+++ b/source4/param/param.h
@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ struct smbsrv_connection;
 
 #define Auto (2)
 
-typedef NTSTATUS (*init_module_fn) (void);
-
-/* this needs to be a string which is not in the C library. We
-   previously used "init_module", but that meant that modules which
-   did not define this function ended up calling the C library
-   function init_module() which makes a system call */
-#define SAMBA_INIT_MODULE "samba_init_module"
-
 #include "libds/common/roles.h"
 
 struct loadparm_context;
@@ -293,30 +285,6 @@ char *smbd_tmp_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 			     struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx,
 			     const char *name);
 
-/**
- * Obtain the init function from a shared library file
- */
-init_module_fn load_module(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path);
-
-/**
- * Obtain list of init functions from the modules in the specified
- * directory
- */
-init_module_fn *load_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path);
-
-/**
- * Run the specified init functions.
- *
- * @return true if all functions ran successfully, false otherwise
- */
-bool run_init_functions(init_module_fn *fns);
-
-/**
- * Load the initialization functions from DSO files for a specific subsystem.
- *
- * Will return an array of function pointers to initialization functions
- */
-init_module_fn *load_samba_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *subsystem);
 const char *lpcfg_imessaging_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 				       struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx);
 struct smb_iconv_handle *smb_iconv_handle_reinit_lp(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
diff --git a/source4/param/share.c b/source4/param/share.c
index 477ced7167a..da0470d5606 100644
--- a/source4/param/share.c
+++ b/source4/param/share.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "includes.h"
 #include "param/share.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 const char *share_string_option(struct share_config *scfg, const char *opt_name, const char *defval)
 {
diff --git a/source4/param/util.c b/source4/param/util.c
index d5b95837958..472096f60d2 100644
--- a/source4/param/util.c
+++ b/source4/param/util.c
@@ -236,110 +236,6 @@ char *smbd_tmp_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 	return fname;
 }
 
-/**
- * Obtain the init function from a shared library file
- */
-init_module_fn load_module(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path)
-{
-	void *handle;
-	void *init_fn;
-
-	handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW);
-	if (handle == NULL) {
-		DEBUG(0, ("Unable to open %s: %s\n", path, dlerror()));
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	init_fn = dlsym(handle, SAMBA_INIT_MODULE);
-
-	if (init_fn == NULL) {
-		DEBUG(0, ("Unable to find %s() in %s: %s\n", 
-			  SAMBA_INIT_MODULE, path, dlerror()));
-		DEBUG(1, ("Loading module '%s' failed\n", path));
-		dlclose(handle);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return (init_module_fn)init_fn;
-}
-
-/**
- * Obtain list of init functions from the modules in the specified
- * directory
- */
-init_module_fn *load_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *path)
-{
-	DIR *dir;
-	struct dirent *entry;
-	char *filename;
-	int success = 0;
-	init_module_fn *ret = talloc_array(mem_ctx, init_module_fn, 2);
-
-	ret[0] = NULL;
-	
-	dir = opendir(path);
-	if (dir == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(ret);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	while((entry = readdir(dir))) {
-		if (ISDOT(entry->d_name) || ISDOTDOT(entry->d_name))
-			continue;
-
-		filename = talloc_asprintf(mem_ctx, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);
-
-		ret[success] = load_module(mem_ctx, filename);
-		if (ret[success]) {
-			ret = talloc_realloc(mem_ctx, ret, init_module_fn, success+2);
-			success++;
-			ret[success] = NULL;
-		}
-
-		talloc_free(filename);
-	}
-
-	closedir(dir);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * Run the specified init functions.
- *
- * @return true if all functions ran successfully, false otherwise
- */
-bool run_init_functions(init_module_fn *fns)
-{
-	int i;
-	bool ret = true;
-	
-	if (fns == NULL)
-		return true;
-	
-	for (i = 0; fns[i]; i++) { ret &= (bool)NT_STATUS_IS_OK(fns[i]()); }
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * Load the initialization functions from DSO files for a specific subsystem.
- *
- * Will return an array of function pointers to initialization functions
- */
-
-init_module_fn *load_samba_modules(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *subsystem)
-{
-	char *path = modules_path(mem_ctx, subsystem);
-	init_module_fn *ret;
-
-	ret = load_modules(mem_ctx, path);
-
-	talloc_free(path);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 const char *lpcfg_imessaging_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 				       struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx)
 {
diff --git a/source4/param/wscript_build b/source4/param/wscript_build
index a35463799af..91e128f916c 100644
--- a/source4/param/wscript_build
+++ b/source4/param/wscript_build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bld.SAMBA_SUBSYSTEM('PROVISION',
 bld.SAMBA_SUBSYSTEM('share',
 	source='share.c',
 	public_headers='share.h',
-	deps='samba-util'
+	deps='samba-util samba-modules'
 	)
 
 
diff --git a/source4/rpc_server/dcerpc_server.c b/source4/rpc_server/dcerpc_server.c
index cbba5e24085..a16e6ac9d5f 100644
--- a/source4/rpc_server/dcerpc_server.c
+++ b/source4/rpc_server/dcerpc_server.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "smbd/process_model.h"
 #include "lib/messaging/irpc.h"
 #include "librpc/rpc/rpc_common.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /* this is only used when the client asks for an unknown interface */
 #define DUMMY_ASSOC_GROUP 0x0FFFFFFF
diff --git a/source4/smbd/process_model.c b/source4/smbd/process_model.c
index 3c4c03ebf2c..bbcbe3b6acc 100644
--- a/source4/smbd/process_model.c
+++ b/source4/smbd/process_model.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "includes.h"
 #include "smbd/process_model.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /* the list of currently registered process models */
 static struct process_model {
diff --git a/source4/smbd/server.c b/source4/smbd/server.c
index ba8f8227a93..322e45569fd 100644
--- a/source4/smbd/server.c
+++ b/source4/smbd/server.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "librpc/gen_ndr/ndr_irpc.h"
 #include "cluster/cluster.h"
 #include "dynconfig/dynconfig.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 /*
   recursively delete a directory tree
diff --git a/source4/smbd/wscript_build b/source4/smbd/wscript_build
index d0eb100a643..ab92e3c9209 100644
--- a/source4/smbd/wscript_build
+++ b/source4/smbd/wscript_build
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ bld.SAMBA_MODULE('process_model_onefork',
 bld.SAMBA_LIBRARY('process_model',
                   source='process_model.c',
                   autoproto='process_model_proto.h',
-                  deps='samba-util samba-hostconfig',
+                  deps='samba-util samba-hostconfig samba-modules',
                   private_library=True
                   )
 
diff --git a/source4/torture/smbtorture.c b/source4/torture/smbtorture.c
index 83816e8be55..81ae11253c9 100644
--- a/source4/torture/smbtorture.c
+++ b/source4/torture/smbtorture.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "librpc/rpc/dcerpc.h"
 #include "auth/gensec/gensec.h"
 #include "param/param.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 #if HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H
 #include <readline/history.h>
diff --git a/source4/torture/torture.c b/source4/torture/torture.c
index 9b1719ed7d6..b066d3e1ac6 100644
--- a/source4/torture/torture.c
+++ b/source4/torture/torture.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "param/param.h"
 #include "lib/cmdline/popt_common.h"
 #include "torture/smbtorture.h"
+#include "lib/util/samba_modules.h"
 
 _PUBLIC_ int torture_numops=10;
 _PUBLIC_ int torture_entries=1000;