unfortunately using uclibc is not an option for me on this project. is there anyway for dropbear to authenticate without using libnss? my guess is probably not because i have dropbear built against glibc, which needs libnss even though it is not dependent on libnss.
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 13:50, Jason Schoon wrote: > On 8/22/06, Rich Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i am using dropbear as part of a bootable cd. everything works fine when > > i include the libnss_files files but i am unable to authenticate without > > them. > > if i need libnss_files then why is not dropbear library dependent on > > libnss_files? > > > > if i run ldd on all of the executables i include on the bootable cd, none > > are > > dependent on libnns_*. > > > > is there something i do not understand about libnss and linux > > authentication > > or is dropbear trying to load a subroutine in libnss that does not exist? > > Glibc utilizes libnss for name lookups. Dropbear is not directly dependant > on libnss, you have built it dependant on glibc, which is dependant on > libnss (unfortunately, even if you statically link). > > If you build dropbear against uclibc, you will not have this problem.
