Hi,
Would'nt it be a better idea to use 'pam' for authentication
instead of doing a hard-wired LDAP-authentication in rsync?
This would include LDAP authentication through pam_ldap.so.
Jacob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Dykstra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 4:27 PM
> To: Stefan Nehlsen
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [resend] patch: ldap authentication for rsyncd (2.4.6)
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:04:40PM +0100, Stefan Nehlsen wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > there was absolutely no reaction first time I posted this
> in december.
> >
> > With this patch you may use a ldap server for
> authentication of rsyncd users.
>
>
> Can you say more about how you intend to use this? Perhaps
> there was no
> reaction because nobody else could think of how they would use it
> personally; I know that's the case for me. I know there is
> resistance to
> putting features into rsync if the same thing can be done in
> other ways.
>
> I'm sure that at a minimum if this were to be accepted into
> the standard
> rsync code base there would have to be corresponding
> configure and man page
> changes before that could happen.
>
> - Dave Dykstra
> (former rsync maintainer)
>
