Re: Supporting sssd, preparing for nscd sunset

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hi Ludovic,

Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> writes:

> Hello Guix!
>
> Distros are increasingly relying on sssd, in particular Fedora and
> derivatives, as a replacement for nscd, which is either unavailable or
> deprecated.  The documented interface of Guix binaries to the host’s
> name service switch (NSS) is currently nscd:
>
>   https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Application-Setup.html#Name-Service-Switch
>
> If sssd becomes dominant, we
> might just as well arrange to have NSS always load libnss_sss.so.
>
> Thoughts?

With nscd removed from glibc, can't we assume foreign distributions will
rely on sssd instead?  Do I understand correctly that the above
(configuring NSS to always load libnss_sss.so) would be a fine
replacement for our use of nscd?  If so, that seems the simplest/best
option to pursue to me.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim