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[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

Moby <moby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Thanks for your replay Andreas.  From what I have been able to gather
> so far, it may not be possible to use NSS on stock SuSE 10.1, though
> it is something I still intend to try and make sure cannot be done.
> Apparently NSS support has to be built into the kernel, and the NSS
> code base is proprietary (at least so far - hopeful look!).  I am

NSS support in the kernel is the novfs kernel module - and that one is
open source and part of 10.1.

I just do not know whether that kernel module is enough or whether you
need more.

> going to setup a OES on Linux box and see if I can identify whether I
> can pull out pieces to create NSS volumes on stock 10,1 - not sure
> about it's legality though :(

If it's just the kernel module: That's open source and fine to use,

Andreas
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