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The NSS-MySQL name service switch library
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libnss_mysql retrieves user account information from a MySQL database server.
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Per default stored in /etc/{group,passwd,shadow} on Unix-like systems. Which
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(partly) is similar in functionality to NIS, LDAP, RADIUS, Hesoid, winbindd
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When used over a remote-network uttermost care should be taken in the security
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of this (such as TLS/SSL encrypting the connection) and even then storing any
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valid password for such 'virtual' users is probably a bad idea in itself.
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Kerberos provides for a far superior single-sign-on authentication system
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(the 'shadow' part in these setups) in both performance and security.
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Besides, this may break stuff so bad you'd need console access to fix it...
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For some basic installation instructions though see README.SLACKWARE
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