From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 8 08:31:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6848116A407 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:31:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C5313C468 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:31:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A5D130.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.209.48]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D55C2E18F; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:36:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C045B497E; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:31:09 +0100 (CET) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l088V9uM093620; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:31:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:31:09 +0100 Message-ID: <20070108093109.6xq4kzr7k040sg00@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:31:09 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Doug Barton References: <20070107190616.73dee7b0@vixen42> <45A1DE76.7000201@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45A1DE76.7000201@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3) / FreeBSD-7.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-14.864, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -15.00, DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME 0.00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO 0.14) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:38:09 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, Vulpes Velox Subject: Re: LDAP integration X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:31:16 -0000 Quoting Doug Barton (from Sun, 07 Jan 2007 =20 22:02:30 -0800): > Vulpes Velox wrote: >> I was just wondering. How many people here have given lots of though >> about integrating FreeBSD configuration with LDAP. I've just begun >> looking at it a lot more and was curious as to what other people >> think in this area. > > It would be more useful to have this discussion if you defined what > you meant by "FreeBSD configuration" in more detail. You might also > want to search the archives first, there is a lot of discussion about > various proposals in this area, all of which end up getting shot down > because they don't offer sufficient added value to justify the pain of > the change. I had the impression that in general the opinion is that it would be =20 nice to have it in the tree, but that the generic infrastructure =20 should be committed first (the GSoC 2006 nss work without the LDAP =20 part) and then a patch should be presented to let the people have a =20 look at the complete picture. Bye, Alexander. --=20 It's a poor workman who blames his tools. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137