[aur-general] Substitute nss_ldap/pam_ldap from [Extra] to nss-pam-ldapd

[Thiago Kenji Okada]

So, any updates?


2013/3/2 Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com>

> On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 04:13:01PM -0500, Dave Reisner wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 01:32:48PM -0300, Thiago Kenji Okada wrote:
> > > nss-pam-ldapd is actively maintained while nss_ldap/pam_ldap are not
> > > updated in a while. nss-pam-ldapd is more robust too (I had a similar
> > > problem like https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33672 that didn't occur
> with
> > > nss-pam-ldapd; and according to that bug report actually a
> > > nss_ldap/pam_ldap setup is simply broken). According to the author (
> > > http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/) nss-pam-ldapd is faster and
> more
> > > easily to debug (I didn't measured performance, but indeed
> nss-pam-ldapd is
> > > easier to debug, since it's service nslcd have a nice log output). I
> think
> > > Fedora and Mageia uses nss-pam-ldapd for default instead
> nss_ldap/pam_ldap.
> > > Even our Wiki (
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenLDAP_Authentication)
> > > is recommending nss-pam-ldapd instead of nss_ldap/pam_ldap (actually,
> if
> > > you follow our Wiki using nss_ldap/pam_ldap you will have a non-working
> > > LDAP setup).
> > >
> > > So I suggest to drop nss_ldap/pam_ldap to AUR and put nss-pam-ldapd on
> > > [Extra] repository.
> > > --
> > > Thiago Kenji Okada <thiago.mast3r at gmail.com>
> > > PGP Key: EEC09705
> >
> > Looks like there's already a feature request:
> >
> > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/32911
> >
> > @Tom and Allan, you guys maintain the packages that would be replaced
> > here -- either of you have an interest in adopting this?
> >
> > d
>
> Argh. Reading the wrong field... Definitely all Jan.
>



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Thiago Kenji Okada <thiago.mast3r at gmail.com>
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