https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428015 User thomas@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428015#c1 Thomas Biege changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|security-team@suse.de |mc@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Thomas Biege 2008-09-22 00:38:04 MDT --- reassigning to Michael, maybe he can help here -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428015 User rhafer@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428015#c3 Ralf Haferkamp changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FEATURE Status Whiteboard| |FATE #301126 --- Comment #3 from Ralf Haferkamp 2008-09-22 03:01:12 MDT --- nss_updatedb requires nss_db with was been dropped from glibc some years ago (IIRC). I don't know the exact reasons for this but it seems to be basically unmaintained since then (the latest release I could find was from 2000). Not very good package to add to the distribution IMO. Appart from that there are some architectual issues with nss_updatedb, especially in larger enviroments. It periodically dumps the whole remote User database (e.g. LDAP) into a local file on the client. Which is IMO a bit too much for cached authentication and doesn't even work in many enviroments, because of restrictions that are in place in the server site (e.g. LDAP sizelimits). I agree though that having cached authentication support for LDAP would be nice. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428015 User fedev@gmx.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428015#c5 --- Comment #5 from Federico Vecchiarelli 2008-10-05 21:27:46 MDT --- Ralf, I would like to post a workaround for this issue, in case anyone would like to use it as an alternative to nss_updatedb. http://www.flyn.org/laptopldap/laptopldap.html The information on that page is for LDAP and with Kerberos authentication, but just modifying a few lines will do the same for LDAP authentication. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.