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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:42:40 +0100
From:      Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
To:        "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: Using a different User Database
Message-ID:  <20040121114240.GA60997@ei.bzerk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040121060948.GC18805@alzatex.com>
References:  <20040121045038.GA18805@alzatex.com> <20040121050009.GA69282@stilgar> <20040121050436.GB18805@alzatex.com> <20040121053233.GA32968@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040121060948.GC18805@alzatex.com>

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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:09:48PM -0800, Loren M. Lang typed:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:32:34PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:04:36PM -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote:
> > 
> > > > You may want to start by looking into the net/nss_ldap and security/pam_ldap
> > > > ports.  Beyond that, I don't know what to tell you.
> > > 
> > > nss_ldap claims it requires freebsd 5.1 or newer when I try to install
> > > it, if there is someway to be able to still use it on freebsd, I
> > > would like to know.
> > 
> > Er, install FreeBSD 5.1 or newer to use it on FreeBSD.
> 
> This is a production mail server in an enviroment mixed with win2k
> file servers that share the same users.  Would FreeBSD 5.2 be stable
> enough to use or is there another alternative?  Perhaps something not
> requiring nss?
 
We've been using 5.x in production on different boxes since 5.1 because we
needed the nss_* functionality. It's been nothing but stable (especially
compared to the win2k servers they have to communicate with).

Your mileage may vary, but I'd say go for it.

Ruben

> > 
> > Kris
> 
> 
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