[SSSD] [PATCH] Add callback when the ID provider switches from offline to online

Stephen Gallagher sgallagh at redhat.com
Tue Apr 27 19:40:36 UTC 2010


On 04/27/2010 03:37 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> Allow backends to set a callback in the be_ctx that should be
> invoked when the ID provider goes online.
>
> This can be used to perform regular maintenance tasks that are
> valid only when going online.
>
> Specifically, we can use this to perform a deferred kinit on behalf of
> the user when we go online. We can also use this to trigger a dynamic
> DNS update for the IPA provider.
>
>

I forgot to mention: I didn't implement this callback for the proxy ID 
provider, because it's basically impossible to identify when it is 
actually going online.

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