Re: Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-29 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > I'll have a look at it, and see what I can come up with... Be warned that I reasonably know what I would like to see there and there is already code (gconf) which implements it. I really need to check what the build and runtime-dependencies for gconf are thoug

Re: Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-29 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Turbo Fredriksson wrote: >> Where's the design specs of the rest of the system so far? Joey> http://kitenet.net/doc/debconf/specification.html I'll have a look at it, and see what I can come up with... -- nuclear Saddam

Re: Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-29 Thread Joey Hess
Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Where's the design specs of the rest of the system so far? http://kitenet.net/doc/debconf/specification.html -- see shy jo

Re: Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-29 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Turbo Fredriksson wrote: >> Ahh, I see... I was looking through the sources a little, but i >> couldn't find the 'main file' so to speak... :) >> >> How much is done, need any help? We need it at work, and i can >

Re: Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-28 Thread Joey Hess
Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Ahh, I see... I was looking through the sources a little, but i couldn't > find the 'main file' so to speak... :) > > How much is done, need any help? We need it at work, and i can do > much of this on 'official company time' :) There's a big hole in the spec debconf im

Re: Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-28 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Turbo Fredriksson wrote: >> When reading the doc's for debconf, I saw that it should be >> possible to have the config in a LDAP database... Exactly is >> this supposed to get to work? Joey> Debconf doesn't support an

Re: Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-28 Thread Joey Hess
Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > When reading the doc's for debconf, I saw that it should be possible > to have the config in a LDAP database... Exactly is this supposed to > get to work? Debconf doesn't support any backend database yet, however once it does ldap is a pretty good fit. -- see shy jo

Debconf & LDAP (Was: Debconf question)

2000-03-28 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
When reading the doc's for debconf, I saw that it should be possible to have the config in a LDAP database... Exactly is this supposed to get to work? -- Nazi Treasury quiche NORAD Noriega assassination KGB Peking Ft. Bragg Khaddafi North Korea jihad fissionable genetic radar

Re: Debconf question

2000-03-28 Thread Michael Vogt
On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 03:00:43PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Michael Vogt wrote: > > Ok, stupid me. I had a line likes this in my debian/config: > > "db_input medium shared/ldapns/ldap-server || true" > > So, the question is allways asked. > > I don't see why the question would always be asked. D

Re: Debconf question

2000-03-28 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Vogt wrote: > Ok, stupid me. I had a line likes this in my debian/config: > "db_input medium shared/ldapns/ldap-server || true" > So, the question is allways asked. I don't see why the question would always be asked. Debconf defaults to only asking questions if the user has not seen them

Re: Debconf question

2000-03-28 Thread Michael Vogt
> > I tryed adding this to the template and config file of both packages and > > hoped that after installing one lib, "db_get shared/ldapns/ldap-server" > > for the other lib would return the value entered in the first lib. > > But it didn't work. Any help would appreciated :) > > Hm. That should

Re: Debconf question

2000-03-27 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Vogt wrote: > I am working on debconf support for libnss-ldap and libpam-ldap. > Since both share some common information (ldap-server and ldap-base-dn) > I want to have a shared debconf entry (say shared/ldapns/ldap-server,base-dn). > > I tryed adding this to the template and config file

Debconf question

2000-03-27 Thread Michael Vogt
Dear Friends I am working on debconf support for libnss-ldap and libpam-ldap. Since both share some common information (ldap-server and ldap-base-dn) I want to have a shared debconf entry (say shared/ldapns/ldap-server,base-dn). I tryed adding this to the template and config file of both packages