Permissions for Linux apps via LDAP

From: Michael Collette (metrol.net_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/19/05

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    I now have 2 different Linux applications that refuse to start because
    getpwuid_r() won't return a user ID. Both acroread7 and realplayer
    are dead in the water for me.

    I'm using pam_ldap authentication, which works great for all my native
    FreeBSD apps. How do I get the Linux apps to perform a similar lookup
    now? I'm not seeing any pam_ldap or nss_ldap linux ports, which would
    seem to mean that simply changing the nsswitch.conf file in the
    /compat/linux area won't do me much good.

    I could live without realplayer working, but acroread is a pretty
    critical application for my end users. It also looks like this will
    be a growing trend for Linux applications in the future. Do we need
    to port new Linux pam modules into play, or is there some simpler
    method for fixing this?

    Thanks, 

    -- 
"When you come to a fork in the road....Take it"
- Yogi Berra
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