Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 03:33:22 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Konstantin Chuguev <joy@urc.ac.ru> Cc: tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: YP-like mySQL thing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902020332100.535-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <36B6ADCA.6464C810@urc.ac.ru>
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Konstantin Chuguev wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I've made a patch to libc to allow YP-like extension of passwd file using mySQL. > > > > I can share it if anyone is interested, and I need an advise: how should I > > rebuild libc.so (or what else?) so that shared executables would pick > > libmysqlclient.so without rebuilding? > > > > I am very interesting in it. Actually, I need getpwent and getgrent to look at > PostgreSQL database. > But it is very similar to mySQL in the way of function calls. And it is much easier > to change your code slightly than the original libc code. > > About dynamic loading lib*.so from libc.so - I have the same question. > > It would be nice if FreeBSD has an abstract layer for getpwent/getgrent, similar to > PAM in the concept (you can name it "Pluggable Authorization Modules" :-) Are > there any plans of implementing this in 4.0? i think 3.0-release and later has pam. man pam -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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