Package: libnss-ldap
Version: 238-1
Followup-For: Bug #312284
Based on the original reporters information I've put together a patch
and verified that it does indeed work. Please consider including this
in the next package version.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (400, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-k7-ar
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages libnss-ldap depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libkrb53 1.3.6-2sarge2 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libldap2 2.1.30-8 OpenLDAP libraries
-- debconf information excluded
diff -Naur libnss-ldap-238.orig/debian/config libnss-ldap-238/debian/config
--- libnss-ldap-238.orig/debian/config 2005-09-06 17:09:25.000000000 -0600
+++ libnss-ldap-238/debian/config 2005-09-06 17:11:00.000000000 -0600
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
# Tune in next time for the next episode of, configuring LDAP services..
if(get("libnss-ldap/override") eq "true") {
- read_and_input('shared/ldapns/ldap-server', 'host', 'critical');
+ read_and_input('shared/ldapns/ldap-server', 'uri', 'critical');
read_and_input('shared/ldapns/base-dn', 'base', 'critical');
read_and_input('shared/ldapns/ldap_version', 'ldap_version',
'critical');
$ret = go(); # yeah, we don't need that.. but in case we sometime do
diff -Naur libnss-ldap-238.orig/debian/libnss-ldap.postinst
libnss-ldap-238/debian/libnss-ldap.postinst
--- libnss-ldap-238.orig/debian/libnss-ldap.postinst 2005-09-06
17:09:25.000000000 -0600
+++ libnss-ldap-238/debian/libnss-ldap.postinst 2005-09-06 17:12:59.000000000
-0600
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
# i really need a better way to do this...
# currently we replace only the first match, we need a better
# way of dealing with multiple hits.
- perl -i -p -e "s/$replacestring/$parameter $value/i
+ perl -i -p -e "s-$replacestring-$parameter $value-i
and \$match=1 if (\$match != 1)" $CONFFILE
fi
}
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
fi
db_get shared/ldapns/ldap-server
- change_value host "$RET"
+ disable_param host
+ change_value uri "$RET"
db_get shared/ldapns/base-dn
change_value base "$RET"
diff -Naur libnss-ldap-238.orig/debian/templates
libnss-ldap-238/debian/templates
--- libnss-ldap-238.orig/debian/templates 2005-09-06 17:09:25.000000000
-0600
+++ libnss-ldap-238/debian/templates 2005-09-06 17:14:52.000000000 -0600
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@
Template: shared/ldapns/ldap-server
Type: string
-_Default: 127.0.0.1
-_Description: LDAP server host address
- Please enter the address of the LDAP server used.
+_Default: ldap://127.0.0.1/
+_Description: LDAP server Uniform Resource Identifier
+ Please enter the URI of the LDAP server used. This is a string in the
+ form ldap://<hostname or IP>:<port>/ . ldaps:// or ldapi:// can also
+ be used. The port number is optional.
.
Note: It is usually a good idea to use an IP address; this reduces risks
of failure in the event name service is unavailable.
