[PATCH] New external idmap module

[simo]

On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 20:59 +0200, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 02:54:07PM -0400, simo wrote:
> > An idea was to make something like this:
> > idmap_extetrnal <--unix-socket--> local idmap daemon <--secure tcp
> > protocol--> central idmap daemon
> 
> What is the advantage to go via the local unix domain
> socket?

1: remove the overhead of signing and protocol shacking
2: be able to survive an interruption of communication with the remote
server

Simo.

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