Re: [nssldap] fetching user details from a ldap entry which consists of an objectClass other than posixAccount

[Rahul Amaram <rahul [at] synovel.com>]

Thanks for the prompt reply. This option works perfectly. I somehow did 
not understand this option properly and tried it out but did not put in 
the correct configuration. But now it works great.

- Rahul.


Rechenberg, Andrew wrote:
> You have to compile nss_ldap with schema attribute mapping enabled (it
> might be enabled by default now) and add an entry to libnss-ldap.conf or
> ldap.conf :
>
> nss_map_objectclass posixAccount sCSPerson
>
>
>
>    
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nssldap@padl.com [owner-nssldap [at] padl.com] On Behalf
> > Of amaramrahul
> > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:04 AM
> > To: nssldap@padl.com
> > Subject: [nssldap] fetching user details from a ldap entry which
> > consists of an objectClass other than posixAccount
> >
> >
> > I am using libnss-ldap in Debian Lenny. My LDAP user account entry
> >      
> does
>    
> > not
> > contain the objectClass posixAccount. Instead it belongs to another
> > objectClass sCSPerson. Adding both the object classes to the user
> > account
> > entry is not an option. I would like to know the configuration
> >      
> parameter
>    
> > to
> > be used in libnss-ldap.conf so that the user details are fetched from
> > the
> > entries whose objectClass is sCSPerson rather than posixAccount. I
> >      
> have
>    
> > tried the below configuration parameter but it does not work:
> >
> > nss_base_passwd
> > ou=People,dc=synovel,dc=com?sub?objectClass=sCSPerson
> >
> > Are there any other means of achieving the same?
> >      
>
>
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