On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 11:57 +0200, Ondrej Valousek wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a question - is there any plan for autofs to use the system > libnss* libraries instead of implementing their own?
No! > For example: If I wanted to use LDAP server to hold user accounts & > autofs maps, I would have 2 config files to configure: > - /etc/ldap.conf for libnss_ldap library > - /etc/autofs_ldap_auth.conf for automounter > It is quite confusing and it will be much more elegant to have just a > single configuration file for both services. > Is there any plan to do this in the future? No! I considered that at the outset of version 5 development and decided against it after working on integrating the outdated code that was included in the nss_ldap distribution. Unless the situation changes significantly then I'm not likely to change my mind on this. I would have to write the nss code for "all" the possible sources against a an API that is difficult to write for, partly because the interface documentation is lousy. Not to mention that I'd then be at the mercy of nss_ldap changes and bugs, and autofs would depend on a configuration file that it doesn't control. Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list autofs@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
