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 -- For PGP Public Key: finger oboni...@fisicc-ufm.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
