Re: Idea for storing LTSP configuration in LDAP

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Petter Reinholdtsen]
> This is a untested draft implementation, and I welcome feedback on
> this approach.  A real LDAP schema for the ltspClientAux objectclass
> need to be written.  Comments, suggestions, etc?

I commited an extended implementation with draft LDAP schema to svn.
This extended implementation will look for default settings in a LDAP
object matching (cn=ltspConfigDefault), and look for a object matching
(associatedDomain=$hostname) if the a object matching the MAC address
was not found.

I also rewrote the code to avoid the shell forking a subprocess, and
thus make sure the variables are passed on as it should.

The draft LDAP schema will allow configuration to be added to any LDAP
object.  I am sure some attributes are missing, but added the ones I
found/remembered.  I have not written a LDAP schema before, so I am
sure it is full of bugs. :)

The approach is completely untested, and I lack the testbench to test
it.  Anyone interested in testing this?

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen