[Bug 388981] New: Review Request: libnss-mysql - NSS library for MySQL

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388981

           Summary: Review Request: libnss-mysql - NSS library for MySQL
           Product: Fedora
           Version: devel
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
         Component: Package Review
        AssignedTo: nobody at fedoraproject.org
        ReportedBy: ondrejj at salstar.sk
         QAContact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: fedora-package-review at redhat.com,notting at redhat.com


Spec URL: http://www.salstar.sk/pub/fedora/SPECS/libnss-mysql.spec
SRPM URL: http://www.salstar.sk/pub/fedora/SRPMS/8/libnss-mysql-1.5-3.fc8.src.rpm
Description: 
Store your UNIX user accounts in MySQL. "libnss-mysql" enables the following:

    * System-wide authentication and name service using a MySQL database.
      Applications do not need to be MySQL-aware or modified in any way.
    * Storing authentication information in a database instead of text files.
    * Creation of a single authentication database for multiple servers.
      This is often referred to as the "Single Sign-on" problem.
    * Writing data-modification routines (IE self-management web interface).

libnss-mysql is similar to NIS or LDAP. It provides the same centralized
authentication service through a database. What does this mean? Username,
uid, gid, password, etc comes from a MySQL database instead of
/etc/password, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group. A user configured in MySQL will
look and behave just like a user configured in /etc/passwd. Your
applications such as ls, finger, sendmail, qmail, exim, postfix, proftpd,
X, sshd, etc. will all 'see' these users!

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