ypldap exists precisely because we didn't want ldap in libc. Adding ldap
support is a non goal.

On Nov 27, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Kapetanakis Giannis <bilias@edu.physics.uoc.gr>
wrote:

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> On 26/11/10 19:11, Joachim Schipper wrote:
>> I don't think I understand what you mean - what do you want to improve
>> relative to login_ldap and ypldap?
>>
>>        Joachim
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> login_ldap is fine. The problem seems to be getting user info.
>
> Instead of ypldap I would prefer the system to direct contact the ldap
servers to get user info similar the way nss does, and not using NIS as an
extra layer for ldap.
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> Looking around getpwent(3) I think it might be possible to extent it's
functionality to include ldap support as well. Furthermore ypldap's functions
(aldap ...)  could be used for this (just the bind/search part).
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> Does this make any sense or am I missing something vital here?
>
> Giannis