Authdb NSS module

[Eugene Bright]

I use LDAP right now, but local cached sssd queries are much faster and reliable.

On July 15, 2019 6:49:18 AM GMT+03:00, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
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>On 15/07/2019 02:54 Eugene via dovecot < dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote: 
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>Hello! 
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>Upgrading manual tells that authdb [NSS module was removed][1] some
>time ago. 
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>[1]: https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.3#line-100 
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>userdb nss was removed. Use userdb passwd instead. 
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>Can this change be reverted? 
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>I'd like to use only libnss_sss.so.2 as dovecot userdb source. It's
>also essential for me to enable files backend in nsswitch.conf so the
>system could use local user db. At the same time dovecot must not see
>local users at all. Authdb NSS module could help me there. 
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>The other solution would be to use another instance of nsswitch.conf
>for dovecot authdb passwd module. Is it possible? 
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>Thanks! 
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>-- 
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>Eugene Bright 
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>IT engineer 
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>Tel: + 79257289622 
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>passwd uses getpwent library call which goes thru nssswitch. Your
>explanation was strange though. If you don't want system users, why not
>use ldap or sql directly?  
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>--- Aki Tuomi 

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Eugene Bright
IT-engineer
Tel.: +7 925 728 96 22
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