Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 27 Mar 2000 22:32:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 1243 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2000 22:32:49 -0000 Received: from smtp2.abac.com (216.55.128.11) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 27 Mar 2000 22:32:49 -0000 Received: from aoi.dyndns.org (qmailr@ip250.santa-clara14.ca.pub-ip.psi.net [38.29.70.250]) by smtp2.abac.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA22522 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:32:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vulture@aoi.dyndns.org) Received: (qmail 19833 invoked by uid 1001); 27 Mar 2000 22:32:59 -0000 Message-ID: <20000327223259.19832.qmail@aoi.dyndns.org> From: Alexander Hvostov To: Debian Bug Tracking System Subject: useradd, userdel, etc. could have plugins for various name services (e.g. LDAP, Kerberos) X-Reportbug-Version: 0.54 X-Mailer: reportbug 0.54 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:32:59 -0800 Package: passwd Version: 19990827-18 Severity: wishlist I think it would be very cool if the useradd, userdel, and related commands (adduser would probably have to be modified, but then, maybe not) simply used plug-ins for various name services (as glibc calls them; a.k.a., password databases) that can be used instead of the traditional Unix flat-file mechanism, such as LDAP, NIS(+), Kerberos, and the like. (though I'm asking for LDAP, because it owns the others ;) Regards, Alex. -- System Information Debian Release: woody Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux cornerstone 2.2.14 #1 Wed Feb 23 03:03:04 PST 2000 i686 Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii libc6 2.1.3-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam-modules 0.72-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.72-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii login 19990827-18 System login tools -- Configuration Files: /etc/pam.d/chfn changed [not included] /etc/pam.d/chsh changed [not included] /etc/pam.d/passwd changed [not included]