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Subject: Re: nss_ldap and the linuxulator
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On 01/03/12 15:30, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Forwarding to emulation@, which is where the linuxulator gurus hang
> out (AFAIK).  Please keep Da Rock in the Cc:
No worries about the cc, I'm subscribed here too.
Thanks anyway.
>
> ====================================================================
>
> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:59:57 +1000
> From: Da Rock<freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: nss_ldap and the linuxulator
>
> I've just run into this snag again which I've resolved back in 7.x/8.1:
> the linuxulator cannot handle nss lookups from ldap. I ran a search for
> nss_ldap fedora 10 and simply extracted from the rpm the
> libnss_ldap*.so* in the usr/lib into the corresponding directory under
> /compat/linux.
>
> One then only has to copy or setup the ldap.conf in /compat/linux/etc/
> and change /compat/linux/etc/nsswitch.conf so the it will check files
> and ldap as in the base.
>
> It works a charm when you have issues like the missus with acroread and
> others not working inexplicably. Run acroread from the command line will
> give you the clue: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id. This
> solution does fix this categorically.
>
> I hope this helps others, but I do have one question: why isn't this
> included in the ports already?
>
> I still haven't yet figured out cups and printer selection yet, but I
> have made some progress... :)
>
> Cheers
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