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Date:      Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:23:48 +1000
From:      Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nss_ldap and the linuxulator
Message-ID:  <4F02D734.7090404@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <dfm7n8kjallhc3r2i0fiogbw.1325584379278@email.android.com>
References:  <dfm7n8kjallhc3r2i0fiogbw.1325584379278@email.android.com>

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On 01/03/12 19:52, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if you look at the message of the linux base port, you will see that 
> this part is discussed there.
>
> FreeBSD does not come with ldap by default, so does the linux base 
> port. So far nobody complained loudly about the lack of a nss ldap 
> port for the linuxulator, and nobody felt the pressure to create such 
> a port and talk about it on the emulation list. Anyone who uses ldap 
> in the linuxulator is free to create a corresponding port, quesions in 
> case of problems creating such a port can be asked on the emulation 
> mailinglist.
Alex, I don't see any such message in the linux port. It mentions NIS only.

I've also seen over time this question pops up and the only answer is to 
provide a "hack" that sets up passwd at boot or such.

This is a quick and easy solution to the problem.

As for the port: what's involved with that? It's not exactly something 
that needs updating regularly. I'd say just have it in ports for those 
that happen to need it. All it needs to do is copy the pam files to the 
usr/lib dir under linux and a message to remind the admin to set 
ldap.conf and nsswitch.conf.

So, how do I go about getting it in there? I have the files, but I 
haven't exactly mastered the makefiles under ports as yet (or in 
general, for that matter... :( ).



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