Bug 97191 - nss_compat missing support for ldap
Summary: nss_compat missing support for ldap
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: glibc
Version: 2.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-06-11 12:55 UTC by Greg Renzelman
Modified: 2016-11-24 15:04 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 2.3.2-63
Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2003-08-05 16:40:46 UTC
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Description Greg Renzelman 2003-06-11 12:55:29 UTC 
Description of problem:

The nss_compat NSS module only supports NIS and NIS+ as the source for 
expanding "+" and "-" lines in the password file. We are using a global account 
database based on Active Directory (through nss_ldap). This limitation of 
nss_compat doesn't allow us to use it.

How reproducible:

The following configuration in /etc/nsswitch.conf is not supported:

passwd: compat ldap
passwd_compat: ldap
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2003-08-05 16:40:46 UTC 
This should work in current RHEL3 beta1 (glibc-2.3.2-58 and later).
Backporting it to 2.1 is too risky.
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