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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388981
Summary: Review Request: libnss-mysql - NSS library for MySQL Product: Fedora Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: medium Component: Package Review AssignedTo: nobody@fedoraproject.org ReportedBy: ondrejj@salstar.sk QAContact: extras-qa@fedoraproject.org CC: fedora-package-review@redhat.com,notting@redhat.com
Spec URL: http://www.salstar.sk/pub/fedora/SPECS/libnss-mysql.spec SRPM URL: http://www.salstar.sk/pub/fedora/SRPMS/8/libnss-mysql-1.5-3.fc8.src.rpm Description: Store your UNIX user accounts in MySQL. "libnss-mysql" enables the following:
* System-wide authentication and name service using a MySQL database. Applications do not need to be MySQL-aware or modified in any way. * Storing authentication information in a database instead of text files. * Creation of a single authentication database for multiple servers. This is often referred to as the "Single Sign-on" problem. * Writing data-modification routines (IE self-management web interface).
libnss-mysql is similar to NIS or LDAP. It provides the same centralized authentication service through a database. What does this mean? Username, uid, gid, password, etc comes from a MySQL database instead of /etc/password, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group. A user configured in MySQL will look and behave just like a user configured in /etc/passwd. Your applications such as ls, finger, sendmail, qmail, exim, postfix, proftpd, X, sshd, etc. will all 'see' these users!