[Mageia-dev] nss-ldap missing ?

[Thierry Vignaud]

On 7 February 2013 18:40, David Walser <luigiwalser at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Is nss_ldap in the non-building package list, or is it deprecated and
>> > there is now another method to use ldap for authentication ?
>> I can't say anything about the lack of nss_ldap now, but they are two
>> alternatives methods to replace the usual pam_ldap/nss_ldap duos, that
>> ought to be investigated:
>> - nss-pam-ldapd
>> - sssd
>>
>> The first one is more inline with previous usages, the second one seems
>> far more invasive at first sight.
>
> Zombie Ryoshu told me on IRC that nss_ldap is deprecated and nss-pam-ldapd
> should be used now.  He also said that the nslcd service (similar to nscd)
> should be running for nss-pam-ldapd to work.

good luck with nslcd (if you use TLS you'll have to tell SELinux about it), ...
I advise you sssd, it just work directly, one single config file to write for
both PAM & NSS...