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
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