store freebsd accounts in mysql ???
Hi: I am using freebsd5.2, because i have a large number of users counted by ten thousand, use the passwd file to store user accounts and password lead to unbearable delay. I want to know if freebsd support store accounts in places other than '/etc/passwd' file, best support mysql database for passwd database backend. any hints is welcome. regards billy Naisa Systems,Inc http://www.naisa.net - Done. Naisa Systems,Inc http://www.naisa.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: store freebsd accounts in mysql ???
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi: I am using freebsd5.2, because i have a large number of users counted by ten thousand, use the passwd file to store user accounts and password lead to unbearable delay. I want to know if freebsd support store accounts in places other than '/etc/passwd' file, best support mysql database for passwd database backend. any hints is welcome. regards billy Hi, Newest versions of FreeBSD support PAM authentication, which can abstract the authentication database to anything which there is a PAM module available. I would advise against storing user accounts in MySQL, but rather store them in OpenLDAP (or your LDAP server software of choice). To perform user lookup you need nss_ldap, and to perform authentication you need pam_ldap. BR, Mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: store freebsd accounts in mysql ???
On Tuesday 16 March 2004 17:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using freebsd5.2, because i have a large number of users counted by ten thousand, use the passwd file to store user accounts and password lead to unbearable delay. I want to know if freebsd support store accounts in places other than '/etc/passwd' file, best support mysql database for passwd database backend. any hints is welcome. regards billy Naisa Systems,Inc http://www.naisa.net I think it should works under 5.1-RELEASE using pam-mysql and libnss-mysql. I never tested it though, I'm using ldap for authentication. Antoine ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
