On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Michael Bushkov wrote: MB>Hi Harti! MB>I think, that there is a chance. We can make an nsswitch source, named MB>"compat". This source will keep the "traditional" functionality, i.e. would MB>be implemented through getgrent(), setgrent(). The "compat" source can also MB>be used as a stub in all places, where we don't want to write the new, MB>specialized code, but want our usual functionality (getgrent+setgrent). MB>We then can modify the winbind nsswitch module to support the getgrouplist() MB>function, so that it can work in the optimal way. The winbind part should be easy, because one can copy this more or less from the linux winbind module. MB>So I don't see any reason, that won't allow us to do it. MB> MB>I can implement all the necessary stuff, If you don't mind. This would be really, really great because it makes FreeBSD in an AD environment a little more usable. σΠΑΣΙΒΟ, harti MB> MB>With best regards, MB>Michael MB> MB>Harti Brandt wrote: MB> MB>> Hi Michael, MB>> MB>> just a short question: is there any chance you could marshall the MB>> getgrouplist() call through nsswitch? Linux does this and FreeBSD doesn't. MB>> The problem with not doing this comes when you connect a FreeBSD machine MB>> via Samba to a large Active Directory. The current implementation of MB>> getgrouplist() scans through all groups. This may take several minutes MB>> depending on the size of the AD. On Linux this is much faster, because MB>> Samba's implementation of getgrouplist() can directly ask the AD for a list MB>> of all members of a given group. MB>> MB>> I would try to do this myself, but given my lack of knowledge in the MB>> nsswitch stuff and the lack of free time this would take some time. MB>> MB>> Thanks, MB>> harti MB>> MB>> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Michael Bushkov wrote: MB>> MB>> MB>Hello! MB>> MB>I've made the "nsswitch + caching daemon" project during the Google's MB>> Summer MB>> MB>of Code. I'm still working on it - there is always a room for MB>> improvements :) MB>> MB> MB>> MB>Since previous release, I've made a lot of changes to the initial MB>> version, MB>> MB>fixed some bugs, and this version seems to be worth using it :) MB>> MB> MB>> MB>Here is the the new release of the patch: MB>> MB>http://www.rsu.ru/~bushman/nsswitch_cached/nss_cached_rev2.patch MB>> MB> MB>> MB>The description of the project itself and of its several new features MB>> can be MB>> MB>found here: MB>> MB>http://rsu.ru/~bushman/nsswitch_cached/ MB>> MB> MB>> MB>Your feedback would be great! MB>> MB> MB>> MB>Michael Bushkov MB>> MB>Rostov State University MB>> MB>_______________________________________________ MB>> MB>freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list MB>> MB>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current MB>> MB>To unsubscribe, send any mail to MB>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" MB>> MB> MB>> MB> MB>> MB> MB>> MB> MB> MB>Received on Tue Dec 06 2005 - 15:28:52 UTC
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