Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:14:30 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-emulation@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nss_ldap and the linuxulator Message-ID: <4F024866.4080206@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4f02928f.4lyjxv8bC6jOophQ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4f02928f.4lyjxv8bC6jOophQ%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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