hi, there! On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Oscar Bonilla wrote:
> 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 :) glibc NSS impl. is GPL-poisoned and the author of that impl. (sorry, do not even remember his name) does not want to distribute it under BSD-style copyright. better try to port NetBSD impl. /fjoe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
