> Isn't this roughly what nscd is supposed to do? Not complaining, but > I'm just curious what the difference is. No, nscd is a cache to speedup result of a request. Here, we get ALL the content of passwd and group, so if the ldap server is unavailable (a laptop disconnected from the network for ex), you're able to logon. -- Jean-Michel Kelbert
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