Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 22:19:47 -0600 From: wgrim@siue.edu To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: nsswitch help for you? Message-ID: <1040789987.3e0931e34654e@webmail1.isg.siue.edu>
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Hi, I originally sent this to a Jaques, who said he had done previous nsswitch work on FreeBSD. However, my email to him was bounced back, and I've included it below for him or anyone to see. I don't have low-level experience with FreeBSD (yet) in terms of coding, but I have a real need for this and am willing to work on this. Umm, however, where the heck do I begin? It's not like I can just open the - CURRENT FreeBSD kernel and just know what to do. Any pointers are welcome, including information on possible design specifications to follow to achieve the goal of modularizing nsswitch so we can load nss_ldap? Much thanks, I've posted the email below in case anyone wants to read it since it got bounced back to me. /**************** BEGIN MY OLD EMAIL *******************************/ Hi there! I was reading past discussions on FreeBSD-hackers about nsswitch and ldap. Lately, this has become an important issue with me and where I work, and I would like to offer development support in this area. The reason I contacted you directly is because in one of the posts it said to contact you if anyone wanted to help. I'm still in school and everything, and I've only taken glances at FreeBSD kernel source code. However, even with any setbacks I may have, I've always wanted to get in on the fun, and since this is a need for me, I think I'd be devoted enough to learn/help. So, what exactly needs to be done to make dynamically loadable nsswitch module support work and get ldap incorportated into the infrastructure? Just send me any information or design goals you had, and how I might go about getting this done. This would be a learning process for me, and I would keep in touch with you. I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to ask after reading whatever you have to say. Oh, and on a side note, I don't know how most developers in freebsd-hackers are, but I don't have the latest and greatest computer systems at my personal disposal. I would be making due with a P3-500 and an AMD TBird 1.3 GHz; also, what version of FBSD would you recommend me using to develop? I am assuming 5.0-CURRENT? Thanks much, Mike ------------------------------------------------- SIUE Web Mail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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