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Date:      Wed, 03 Feb 1999 20:19:46 +0100
From:      Sebastian Lederer <lederer@bonn-online.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: YP-like mySQL thing
Message-ID:  <36B8A152.C10E3B71@bonn-online.com>
References:  <199902020728.KAA06671@shuttle.svib.ru> <36B88066.349DA9B3@acc.am>

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Casper wrote:
> 
> What about having separate dynamic loadable modules with standard API for doing
> authorization/access control , simulate getpw*() functions & etc .... Modules
> list to read into may be hard-coded into libc or it may be read during system

Maybe it's time for FreeBSD to include nsswitch or irs.

BTW, NetBSD has recently grown some nsswitch code, although it can't
dynamically load nsswitch modules (yet).

And please don't say "send me the diffs", because this is rather a
"political" issue, not a technical one. 

Regards,
Sebastian Lederer


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Sebastian Lederer
lederer@bonn-online.com

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