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Re: Added TCP wrappers support, built new snapshot



On Sat, Aug 15, 1998 at 02:50:36PM -0700, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> I've added TCP wrapper support to slapd/ldapd!  This allows
> you to control access to your server via host_access(5) rules.
> (requires tcp_wrappers's -lwrap to be installed).
> 
> I've also built a new napshot:
> 	ftp://ftp.boolean.net/pub/ldap/ldap_980815.tgz
> 
> For ease of downloading, I've added symbolic links "ldap-devel.tgz"
> (latest development snapshot) and "ldap-stable.tgz" (latest stable
> snapshot).
> 
> Also includes in this -devel snapshot:
> 	1) detection of SunOS 5.6 as a separate platform
> 	2) changes to THREAD_SUNOS5_LWP to support SunOS 5.6
> 	3) changes to support POSIX_THREADS
> 	4) changes to LDAP_CRYPT, now expects extra library
> 		to be defined in Make-common.  Extra library
> 		is only linked in when necessary.
> 	5) LDAP World P16 was #ifdef'ed out, causes hangs
> 	6) changes to tests to work better within the CVS environment
> 	7) Various platform compatibility changes.
> 
> I'd like to announce the general availability a distribution
> next week (Friday morning) to the general public (ie: ldap@umich.edu).
> If you have changes you would like included, please send them to
> the list (or directly to me) as soon as possible.

I have some small fixes and one significant increase in functionality
(added groups) to ACL processing. I'll see if I can organize the
files so I can separate out the fixes from the new stuff.

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Stuart Lynne <sl@fireplug.net>      604-461-7532      <http://www.fireplug.net>
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