Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:08:57 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: Darryl C Price <darryl@mirapoint.com>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <200302261508.57973.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <3E5C6BD3.96DD9815@mirapoint.com> References: <3E5C6BD3.96DD9815@mirapoint.com>
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On Wednesday 26 February 2003 9:25, someone, possibly Darryl C Price, typed: > I see a lot of message traffic on the net from people, like me, who are > having problems with PAM authentication via LDAP. Why don't you guys > focus on delivering a pam_ldap module that works without a lot of > jumping through hoops? > > =Darryl Darryl, I think -dev or one of the more sepcific lists would be a better place to ask your question, -questions is mostly support. The standard answer though is that people can't focus on one thing all the time, I'm very certain somebody is already working on a better pam_ldap module, but since FreeBSD is developed by volunteers in what little free time they have, these things will take time, unfortunately. I think Bill Paul answered this question rather well in -current and -net earlier, Bill writes: > Not unless it's something I can fix using easily available resources. > I can't easily drop everything and slap together a test setup with > exactly the right software and hardware I need to debug everyone's > particular problem. ("This bug only occurs in -CURRENT as of 30 > seconds ago and on an UltraSPARC 10 with 16 if_dc interfaces and > I need you to fix it _NOW_ pleasepleasepleaseI'llevengiveyouahandjob.") While that is a slightly different context, the same principle applies, things take time. :-) Perhaps you should submit this as a PR sothat it can be asigned to a group of developers. Will -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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