Jeremy
At 02:52 PM 1/31/2003 -0500, Jeff Squyres wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Benoit des Ligneris wrote: > Each time /etc/passwd is used in OSCAR, we should use "getent passwd" > that "gathers entries from the specified administrative database using > the specified search keys. Where database is one of passwd, group, > hosts, services, protocols, or networks." (from the man page). > > The getent command will allow OSCAR to support any kind of > authentification (LDAP, NIS, NIS+, file, ...) if we use getent instead > of reading the /etc/(passwd|group) file.Sounds like a good idea. Note that we're not *yet* in code freeze -- we will be at midnight. If: - this is a relatively minor thing to change - it's the Right Thing to do - it puts us in a better position for the future - the authors don't mind (NCSA) ...then I'd say go ahead and make the change today. -- {+} Jeff Squyres {+} [EMAIL PROTECTED] {+} http://www.lam-mpi.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
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