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| From: | Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> | ||
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| To: | Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Impl. egetent in user.eclass using script from sys-apps/getent? | ||
| Date: | Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:52:43 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAJ0EP40gt2r-SNG-mBBY3T8GyU_VL9O4pRNp5rVEey9xsAoOkw@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] Impl. egetent in user.eclass using script from sys-apps/getent? by Joakim Tjernlund |
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| 1 | On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Joakim Tjernlund |
| 2 | <joakim.tjernlund@×××××××××.se> wrote: |
| 3 | > I wonder if it would be possible to use the script from sys-apps/getent(included below) |
| 4 | > to impl. getent in user.eclass instead of using glibc's getent? I cannot see any downside, is there one? |
| 5 | > |
| 6 | |
| 7 | glibc's getent can get data from any NSS plugin (ie. LDAP, MySQL, |
| 8 | etc). Switching to use sys-apps/getent would mean that lookups would |
| 9 | only be performed against the local flat files. |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] Impl. egetent in user.eclass using script from sys-apps/getent? | "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o> |