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Re: Supporting sssd, preparing for nscd sunset
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
Re: Supporting sssd, preparing for nscd sunset |
Date: |
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:10:07 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Hi Ludovic,
Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> writes:
> Hello Guix!
>
> Distros are increasingly relying on sssd, in particular Fedora and
> derivatives, as a replacement for nscd, which is either unavailable or
> deprecated. The documented interface of Guix binaries to the host’s
> name service switch (NSS) is currently nscd:
>
>
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Application-Setup.html#Name-Service-Switch
>
> If sssd becomes dominant, we
> might just as well arrange to have NSS always load libnss_sss.so.
>
> Thoughts?
With nscd removed from glibc, can't we assume foreign distributions will
rely on sssd instead? Do I understand correctly that the above
(configuring NSS to always load libnss_sss.so) would be a fine
replacement for our use of nscd? If so, that seems the simplest/best
option to pursue to me.
--
Thanks,
Maxim
- Supporting sssd, preparing for nscd sunset, Ludovic Courtès, 2024/02/23
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