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 :)
Anyone more knowledgeable should give me a big hand here and point me to the
right way to start this. I'm willing to do the coding but need help on the
overall design.
Since I need this working asap, I'm gonna hack libc so that if the file
/etc/auth.conf has a line saying auth_list = ldap, it looks in /etc/ldap.conf
to get the rest of the stuff (server, port, base dn, etc).
At the same time, we should work towards a real solution.
regards,
-Oscar
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