Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 06:04:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feature request Message-ID: <313741.2077.qm@web54307.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20080331172552.313e8d49@bhuda.mired.org>
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--- Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:18:56 -0700 (PDT) > Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> wrote: > > > 3. Support LDAP SSO out of the box > > > > Linux/Solaris/AIX have native LDAP SSO support. > > I have asked about this feature before. > > > > The problem is whether it should integrate OpenLDAP to base system. > > Why OpenLDAP? Why not one of the other ldap implementations available > in the ports? In particular, do any of them already have plugins for > use with pam? > OpenLDAP, nss_ldap, pam_ldap should be the stable. It was around for years and most Linux distro come with it. For Solaris, it comes with Sun Microsystems implementation of LDAP library. > > BTW, I see ISC Bind, Sendmail and Amd automounter is in base. > > Yes, but you're asking to move a major chunk of functionality into > the > base from ports. That doesn't really happen very often, for lots of > good reasons. Those reasons are often used to suggest that the > packages you just named be moved *out* of the base system, but that's > not much easier than moving things into it. > > The other issue is - well, how much use is this for ports? After all, > most of the servers you're going to install come from ports, so if > they don't play here, then there's not much of a win. In the past, in my University. There are several computer labs. They run around 200 Solaris and Linux workstations. I guess the total number of students in the faculty is around a thousand. Of course LDAP SSO comes into play. > > > 4. LVM and file systems > > As of FreeBSD 7.0, ZFS is ported. > > This is great as FreeBSD do not have LVM in the past. > > True, there's no "volume manager" per se. On the other hand, most of > the functionality provided by a volume manager is available through > the geom system. Frankly, geom is a lot saner than the volume > managers > I've dealt with. > > > I am sure there is still room for improvement. > > For example: ZFS/UFS shrink support, native file system journaling. > > Um, is something wrong with gjournal? Or for that matter, soft > updates > (which solve the same problem that journaling does, only with lower > overhead)? > > FreeBSD is an open source, volunteer driven project. A list of "nice > to haves" is cool for your personal use, but if you want to actually > make any of them happen, then you're the best person to do > that. Either start coding yourself, or convince somebody else to do > it > (and you'll find cash offers work fairly well). Even then, it may not > make it into the base system. Being available as a port is often > considered sufficient, or it may be that your changes aren't > considered appropriate for some other reason, like duplicating > functionality that already exists. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more > information. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com
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