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diff --git a/sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd/metadata.xml b/sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..458c550d203e --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer> + <email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Matthew Thode</name> + </maintainer> + <maintainer> + <email>chutzpah@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Patrick McLean</name> + </maintainer> + <use> + <flag name="utils">Install the command-line utilities</flag> + </use> + <longdescription lang="en"> + Provides a Name Service Switch (NSS) module that allows your LDAP + server to provide user account, group, host name, alias, netgroup, and + basically any other information that you would normally get from /etc + flat files or NIS. It also provides a Pluggable Authentication Module + (PAM) to do authentication to an LDAP server. + + This is implemented using thin NSS and PAM modules which delegate to a + dedicated service (nslcd) that queries the LDAP server with persistent + connections, authentication, attribute translation, etc. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |