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-The NSS-MySQL name service switch library
-
-libnss_mysql retrieves user account information from a MySQL database server.
-Per default stored in /etc/{group,passwd,shadow} on Unix-like systems. Which
-(partly) is similar in functionality to NIS, LDAP, RADIUS, Hesoid, winbindd
-
-When used over a remote-network uttermost care should be taken in the security
-of this (such as TLS/SSL encripting the connection) and even then storing any
-valid password for such 'virtual' users is probably a bad idee in itself.
-
-Kerberos provides for far superior single-sign-on autentication system (the
-'shadow' part in these kinds of systems) both in performance and security.
-
-On to the good stuff :-)
-To get this working (locally) login to the database server, presuming that
-it is running; otherwise read /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld first; to make the DB:
-
-# mysql -uroot -p
-> CREATE DATABASE nss_mysql;
-
-After this is done it has to be populated with the user tables; there is
-an example for them is provided in /usr/doc/nss-mysql-<version>/sample.sql
-
-You can copy that to say /tmp , (probably) edit it some and insert it with:
-
-# mysql -uroot -p -D nss_mysql < /tmp/sample.sql
-
-After this is done create the 'nss' and 'nss-shadow' database users with
-statements such as the ones found in /usr/doc/nss-mysql-<version>/SHADOW
-And make sure the passwords for them in /etc/nss-{mysql,mysql-root}.conf
-are the same ...
-
-Now edit your /etc/nsswitch.conf to look like the -mysql and try the commands
-
-getent passwd
-getent shadow
-
-Which should list the users pulled from mysql!
-( Otherwise have a look at 'tail /var/log/syslog' - for hints to fix it).
-
--Menno.