From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 16 16:28:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFCFF1508B for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:28:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from semuta.feral.com (semuta [192.67.166.70]) by feral.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA24637; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:28:31 -0800 Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:28:31 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Chrisy Luke Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ypldap In-Reply-To: <20000117002201.B95473@flix.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes- this would be a cool thing. On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Chrisy Luke wrote: > Any interest in a hack of ypserv that effectively gateways > master.passwd, passwd and (shortly, anyway) group maps to > an LDAP DB? If so, I'll make it available. > > Very configurable. :-) Got it working a few hours ago. Need's > tidying up, but otherwise seemingly sound. It's essentially > a drop in replacement for ypserv in that it will query maps on disc > should LDAP not have the goods. Side effect: A map needs to exist > on disc got the access control stuff to let a query through, but > that's no big deal. > > Disclaimer: First time I've seriously played with YP or LDAP. :-) > I only did it because I couldn't find an alternative apart from > ones beyond my zero-budget. :-) > > Regards, > Chris. > -- > == chris@easynet.net, chrisy@flirble.org. +44 20 7900 4444 > == Systems Manager for Easynet, a part of Easynet Group PLC. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message