[Andy Chittenden] > I think using LDAP as a Network Information Service (see RFC2307) > may be relevant here. I don't know whether that's possible on Linux > at the moment but I would guess that if it is (or ever will be) then > it may not involve ypbind. So perhaps that's pointing towards > /etc/init.d/nis saying it provides nis and that /etc/init.d/autofs > depends on nis if it's installed. And then ldap as a Network > Information Service could say it provides nis. Just a thought.
For LDAP, there are two options. libnss-ldap do not start a daemon, and will work as soon as the network is up. libnss-ldapd on the other hand do need a daemon, started by the nslcd script. I believe the service used by autofs is really NSS and not NIS, and thus any nss plugin might be used to provide autofs maps. I am not aware of anyone using anything else than NIS and LDAP, and thus proposed a patch to handle those cases. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
