One interesting thing would be for nscd to write its cache out to disk on shutdown, and not expire anything in it if the network was disconnected. -- Luke >From: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@welho.com> >Subject: Persistent caching of user info from eg LDAP? >To: pam-list@redhat.com >Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:05:22 +0300 (EEST) > >Hi, > >There seems to have been discussions of similar/related topics earlier on >the list but no real solutions, unless of course I missed something :) >I'm wondering if something like this is possible with PAM currently: > >User gets a new laptop which is preconfigured to authenticate from company >LDAP server holding all the necessary user info. The user logs into the >laptop once while connected to company network and this information is >then stored locally in /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, local home directory >created etc. This would then allow the user to log in with the same >account while not connected to network. Having the passwords synced one >way or the other would be nice too (something like "if ldap server >available sync the passwd from there, otherwise just use local passwd" or >so) > >-- > - Panu - > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Pam-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list -- Luke Howard | lukehoward.com PADL Software | www.padl.com
