NIS+-Support
I volunteered some time ago to package the nisutils for NIS+. The linux NIS+
support page (http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/linux/) says (see below, sorry for the
bad formatting), that glibc has to be recompiled. I never debianized a that
important package as glibc.
Would anybody volunteer to provide support for this? I myself would happily
provide a .deb of nisutils.
I created a mail alias for nis+-support. Does anybody want to be added on the
alias-list and monitor the nis+ things?
Thanks.
FROM THE LINUIX NIS+ SUPPORT PAGE:
GNU C Library 2:
The NIS+ support for glibc 2.x is written from scratch. The getXXent and
getXXbyYY functions are
all implemented. DES authentication for NIS+ (secure level 2) will work with
the GNU C Library
version 2.1 or later. You also need the glibc-crypt and glibc-linuxthreads add
ons. You have to
configure glibc with:
configure --prefix=/usr --enable-add-ons=yes
The NIS+ support is not and will never be in the released glibc 2.0.x ! The
first official glibc version
with NIS+ was the 2.1 final release.
Installation:
Get glibc-2.1.tar.gz, glibc-crypt-2.1.tar.gz and
glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.tar.gz from a gnu ftp
mirror.
Get my glibc add-ons glibc-doors-0.9.0-1.tar.gz and
glibc-nss-v1-2.0.2.tar.gz.
glibc-doors is only needed, if you have the kernel module for it
installed. glibc-nss-v1 is for
old static binaries.
Untar the glibc sources, and then the add-ons in the glibc-2.1 source
tree.
Create a new directory for binaries outside the source directory.
Run "../glibc-2.1/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-add-ons=yes".
Run "make" and, important, "make check". Only continue if "make check"
passes all tests !
Make a backup of the files in /lib to another place on the root device.
Run "make install"
If this fails, set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to your old glibc copy and remove the
new files from /lib
Run "ldconfig"
For more information about the GNU C Library, look at
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
--
Rainer Dorsch
Abt. Rechnerarchitektur e-mail:rainer.dorsch@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Uni Stuttgart Tel.: 0711-7816-215
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