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diff --git a/system/nss-mysql/README b/system/nss-mysql/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..03851e4a89 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/nss-mysql/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The NSS-MySQL name service switch library + +libnss_mysql retrieves user account information from a MySQL database server. +Per default stored in /etc/{group,passwd,shadow} on Unix-like systems. Which +(partly) is similar in functionality to NIS, LDAP, RADIUS, Hesoid, winbindd + +When used over a remote-network uttermost care should be taken in the security +of this (such as TLS/SSL encrypting the connection) and even then storing any +valid password for such 'virtual' users is probably a bad idea in itself. + +Kerberos provides for a far superior single-sign-on authentication system +(the 'shadow' part in these setups) in both performance and security. + +Besides, this may break stuff so bad you'd need console access to fix it... +For some basic installation instructions though see README.SLACKWARE |