[Fedora-infrastructure-list] Database for Account System 2

[Elliot Lee]

On Jul 15, 2006, at 23:34, Patrick W. Barnes wrote:

> I would love to see an LDAP+SQL solution that gives us a familiar  
> SQL backend
> with an LDAP client interface.

What does an LDAP client interface consist of, and why's it important?

Y'all gotta know two things:

	- I don't see an implementation on LDAP producing all this happy fun  
synergy people are imagining. AFAIK, the existing LDAP admin tools  
are going to be as useful/useless as phpmysql, the moment you show  
them a schema (such as the one we need) that differs from the  
standard POSIX account schema for LDAP. The existing admin tools  
can't fathom things like enforcing sponsorship requirements. Ergo,  
they aren't going to provide any benefits in our situation.

	- The person who writes the new account system code will wind up  
being the one who really makes the decision. So if you want stuff to  
happen your way, start writing code and proving me wrong! :)

Best,
-- Elliot