[Mageia-dev] nss-ldap missing ?

[David Walser]

Guillaume Rousse <guillomovitch at ...> writes:
> Le 07/02/2013 09:59, JA Magallón a écrit :
> > 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.