FreeBSD nss, getgroupmembership(3)

[Frode Nordahl]

Hello,

I have been playing around with nss and libc this weekend to find  
ways to make nss_ldap work more efficiently by coupling getgrouplist 
(3) with _nss_ldap_initgroups_dyn.

I discovered that making getgrouplist(3) play with nss was impossible  
without creating a new API.

By coincidence I found that NetBSD has created the infrastructure  
needed to make this a reallity allready! In NetBSD getgrouplist(3) is  
now a front-end for getgroupmembership(3).

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2004/12/01/0001.html

Is there any chance for FreeBSD to get an updated import of NSS from  
NetBSD anytime soon? :-)

Frode Nordahl
frode at nordahl.net