[Nss-mysql-users] Re: Will nss-mysql help me?

[Brad Stockdale]

Hello all,

   I've been looking for an easy (relatively speaking) solution to storing 
the contents of /etc/{passwd|shadow|group} in a mysql database... The 
problem I have ran into several times is that sendmail/qpopper doesnt like 
this arrangement normally...

   So, what i'm looking for is something to link into the PAM subsystem 
that basically emulates reterieving the data out of the etc files, but 
instead grabs them out of a mysql database...

   I'm guessing that if it emulates the unix files well enough, that 
sendmail, qpopper, ssh, etc will be happy and I wont have to hack patches 
into them directly to support mysql authentication and such...

   Am I correct in thinking that nss-mysql will do what I am after?

Thanks in advance,
Brad