Re: [gentoo-user] where is pam_ldap now?

[Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>]

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On Wednesday 13 November 2024 15:12:06 GMT Eli Schwartz wrote:
> On 11/13/24 8:48 AM, Evgeny Bushkov wrote:
> > Hi ,
> > 
> > somehow my ldap user became blocked from access to a ssh-server. It
> > turns out pam can't find pam_ldap.so module anymore. Yes I remember I
> > removed it at recent 'emerge --depclean' session but the portage tree
> > doesn't have it anymore. I wonder where is sys-auth/pam_ldap now?
> > There's no mentioning in news nor in web search. I managed to restore
> > pam_ldap module from packages but now I'm in need for more reliable
> > decision.
> 
> pam_ldap was masked and last rited on August 8, and deleted from
> 
> ::gentoo on September 13. It wouldn't have been in the news.
> 
> Here is the announcement:
> 
> https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev-announce/7f786219-b478-46b2-ab5c-> d2a805727063@gentoo.org/
> 
> The recommended replacement was nss-pam-ldapd.
> 
> You can keep using pam_ldap if you prefer, from a local overlay.

The wiki suggests 'sys-auth/sssd' as a more recent alternative:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/
Centralized_authentication_using_OpenLDAP#Configuring_SSSD

https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-auth/sssd

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