Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:14:18 +0200 From: Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jb.quenot@caraldi.com> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch port nss_ldap's Makefile for ldap.conf location Message-ID: <20030718161418.GA52880@watt.intra.caraldi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030715204952.GE86657@madman.celabo.org> References: <20030710110751.GA6966@watt.intra.caraldi.com> <20030715204952.GE86657@madman.celabo.org>
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* Jacques A. Vidrine:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 01:07:53PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Quenot wrote:
>
> > Please find below a patch that fixes the location of ldap.conf to
> > reflect the location specified by the associated port pam_ldap. The
> > config file should be $(PREFIX)/etc/ldap.conf, not /etc/ldap.conf.
>
> Heh, sorry. I remember scratching my head about the default location
> myself, but it never occurred to me to do something about it :-)
>
> I agree that it should be under ${PREFIX}, and the location
> mentioned at install time. I wonder if additionally it should be
> named something specific to this port ... I wouldn't want the
> configuration file to clash with some other use of OpenLDAP. Perhaps
> ${PREFIX}/etc/nss_ldap.conf and ${PREFIX}/etc/nss_ldap.secret?
The comment in the head of ldap.conf states that this file is shared
between nss_ldap and pam_ldap. I don't consider the extra nss_ldap.conf
as a benefit, but as an extra work for the ports maintainer and the
user.
# @(#)$Id: ldap.conf,v 1.27 2003/01/17 21:37:12 lukeh Exp $
#
# This is the configuration file for the LDAP nameservice switch library
# and the LDAP PAM module.
#
# PADL Software http://www.padl.com
#
Best regards,
--
Jean-Baptiste Quenot
http://caraldi.com/jbq/
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