Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:11:45 +0700 (NSS) From: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru> To: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAM & LDAP in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907221710220.67316-100000@iclub.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <19990719180026.A830@fisicc-ufm.edu>
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hi, there! On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Oscar Bonilla wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 04:51:12PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > The implementation details are as unimportant as ever: they have to work > > and be maintainable. Following prior art remains a good idea; the Solaris > > "name service switch" implementation is a good starting point to consider. > > > > I agree. In solaris (and linux by the way) all you do is set > passwd ldap files > in /etc/nsswitch.conf > and that's it. > > I had started to write the code to mess with libc to "fix" the getpwent stuff, > but a better solution is to "port" the nsswitch stuff from linux (i don't have > source from solaris :) glibc NSS impl. is GPL-poisoned and the author of that impl. (sorry, do not even remember his name) does not want to distribute it under BSD-style copyright. better try to port NetBSD impl. /fjoe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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