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authorArthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>2009-05-09 22:54:58 +0200
committerArthur de Jong <arthur@arthurdejong.org>2009-05-09 22:54:58 +0200
commit1389c21c04330d50afec29c3ca2f17a00d4b6d1e (patch)
tree569bf762ef76d224a63ed38371ae93c99cdf12a4
parent313bb209dc64413ec5a707d5d0c4fb39e2f837d0 (diff)
get files ready for 0.6.9 release0.6.9
git-svn-id: http://arthurdejong.org/svn/nss-pam-ldapd/nss-ldapd@881 ef36b2f9-881f-0410-afb5-c4e39611909c
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog185
-rw-r--r--NEWS20
-rw-r--r--TODO12
-rw-r--r--configure.ac4
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog32
-rw-r--r--man/nslcd.8.xml4
-rw-r--r--man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml4
7 files changed, 243 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0d366db..a1026c2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,188 @@
+2009-05-09 20:53 arthur
+
+ * [r880] debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst: if base is blank disable the
+ base option to let nslcd attempt search base autodiscovery
+
+2009-05-09 20:01 arthur
+
+ * [r879] nss/common.h: also close any open stream on buffer error
+
+2009-05-09 19:53 arthur
+
+ * [r878] nss/common.h, nss/group.c: check the buffer passed by
+ Glibc for validity
+
+2009-05-09 19:52 arthur
+
+ * [r877] nslcd-common.h: make sure that when writing a list of
+ strings the number of strings is always checked when excluding an
+ entry
+
+2009-05-09 09:27 arthur
+
+ * [r876] ., AUTHORS, Makefile.am, configure.ac, debian,
+ debian/copyright, nslcd.h, pam: import the PAM module from the
+ nss-ldapd branch (r875) based on the OpenLDAP nssov tree and
+ allow configuring which modules should be built (PAM module
+ disabled by default)
+
+2009-05-09 07:50 arthur
+
+ * [r872] configure.ac, nslcd/nslcd.c: according to autoupdate
+ RETSIGTYPE can be considered void always
+
+2009-05-08 10:29 arthur
+
+ * [r868] debian/copyright: aggregate years
+
+2009-05-07 22:40 arthur
+
+ * [r867] INSTALL, config.guess, config.sub: include updated files
+
+2009-05-07 22:14 arthur
+
+ * [r864] nslcd.h, nslcd/netgroup.c, nss/netgroup.c: prefix
+ NETGROUP_TYPE macros with NSLCD_
+
+2009-05-07 20:36 arthur
+
+ * [r861] debian/po/gl.po: added Galician (gl) translation of
+ debconf templates by Marce Villarino <mvillarino@gmail.com>
+
+2009-05-06 18:48 arthur
+
+ * [r860] debian/po/es.po: updated Spanish (es) translation of
+ debconf templates by Francisco Javier Cuadrado
+ <fcocuadrado@gmail.com>
+
+2009-05-05 20:55 arthur
+
+ * [r859] debian/po/ru.po: updated Russian (ru) translation of
+ debconf templates by Yuri Kozlov <yuray@komyakino.ru>
+
+2009-05-05 20:48 arthur
+
+ * [r858] debian/po/ru.po: convert translation to UTF-8
+
+2009-05-03 19:47 arthur
+
+ * [r857] debian/po/sv.po: updated Swedish (sv) translation of
+ debconf templates by Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
+
+2009-05-02 14:19 arthur
+
+ * [r856] debian/po/fr.po: updated French (fr) translation of
+ debconf templates by Guillaume Delacour <gui@iroqwa.org>
+
+2009-05-01 15:45 arthur
+
+ * [r855] debian/po/it.po: fix incorrect references to nss-ldap
+ (without the d at the end)
+
+2009-05-01 15:39 arthur
+
+ * [r854] man/nslcd.8.xml: document that you can specify -d multiple
+ times
+
+2009-05-01 13:03 arthur
+
+ * [r853] nslcd/cfg.c, nslcd/cfg.h, nslcd/myldap.c: set most SSL/TLS
+ related options globally instead of per connection
+
+2009-04-30 08:45 arthur
+
+ * [r852] nslcd/cfg.c, nslcd/cfg.h, nslcd/myldap.c, nslcd/myldap.h,
+ nslcd/nslcd.c: move debugging initialisation to
+ myldap_set_debuglevel() function
+
+2009-04-27 18:24 arthur
+
+ * [r851] debian/po/it.po: added Italian (it) translation of debconf
+ templates by Vincenzo Campanella <vinz65@gmail.com>
+
+2009-04-25 21:29 arthur
+
+ * [r850] nslcd/myldap.c: produce more logging and get OpenLDAP
+ logging working by logging to stderr (and implement temporary
+ workaround for reqcert problems)
+
+2009-04-25 19:15 arthur
+
+ * [r849] nslcd/cfg.h: include ldap.h to ensure that struct
+ ldap_config will be the same in every file
+
+2009-04-25 14:06 arthur
+
+ * [r848] nslcd/myldap.c: clear errno before ldap calls to get
+ usable returned errno
+
+2009-04-25 12:32 arthur
+
+ * [r847] debian/po/pt.po: updated Portuguese (pt) translation of
+ debconf templates by Américo Monteiro <a_monteiro@netcabo.pt>
+
+2009-04-22 19:18 arthur
+
+ * [r846] debian/libnss-ldapd.templates, debian/po/ca.po,
+ debian/po/cs.po, debian/po/da.po, debian/po/de.po,
+ debian/po/es.po, debian/po/fr.po, debian/po/ja.po,
+ debian/po/nl.po, debian/po/pt.po, debian/po/pt_BR.po,
+ debian/po/ru.po, debian/po/sv.po, debian/po/templates.pot,
+ debian/po/vi.po: fix spelling in English debconf template (thanks
+ Vincenzo Campanella)
+
+2009-04-22 19:12 arthur
+
+ * [r845] debian/po/ja.po: updated Japanese (ja) translation of
+ debconf templates by Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org>
+
+2009-04-22 19:06 arthur
+
+ * [r844] debian/po/da.po: updated Danish (da) translation of
+ debconf templates by Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
+
+2009-04-21 19:25 arthur
+
+ * [r843] debian/libnss-ldapd.postrm, debian/libnss-ldapd.templates,
+ debian/po/ca.po, debian/po/cs.po, debian/po/da.po,
+ debian/po/de.po, debian/po/es.po, debian/po/fr.po,
+ debian/po/ja.po, debian/po/nl.po, debian/po/pt.po,
+ debian/po/pt_BR.po, debian/po/ru.po, debian/po/sv.po,
+ debian/po/templates.pot, debian/po/vi.po: ask on removal and on
+ purge whether to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and remove ldap entries
+
+2009-04-19 13:51 arthur
+
+ * [r834] nslcd.h, nslcd/alias.c, nslcd/ether.c, nslcd/group.c,
+ nslcd/host.c, nslcd/netgroup.c, nslcd/network.c, nslcd/passwd.c,
+ nslcd/protocol.c, nslcd/rpc.c, nslcd/service.c, nslcd/shadow.c,
+ nss/common.h, nss/group.c: clear up protocol description in
+ nslcd.h, renaming NSLCD_RESULT_SUCCESS to NSLCD_RESULT_BEGIN
+
+2009-04-17 18:57 arthur
+
+ * [r830] nslcd.h: include definitions of PAM-related actions from
+ current OpenLDAP work in nssov
+
+2009-04-17 18:56 arthur
+
+ * [r829] debian/libnss-ldapd.postrm: fix spelling in comment
+
+2009-04-04 10:02 arthur
+
+ * [r828] debian/libnss-ldapd.postrm: remove /var/run/nslcd on
+ package removal
+
+2009-03-31 07:05 arthur
+
+ * [r827] debian/changelog: add CVE identifier
+
+2009-03-22 21:52 arthur
+
+ * [r825] ChangeLog, NEWS, TODO, configure.ac, debian/changelog,
+ man/nslcd.8.xml, man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml: get files ready for
+ 0.6.8 release
+
2009-03-22 21:20 arthur
* [r824] README, debian/copyright: update copyright year
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e8949b..4084be6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
+changes from 0.6.8 to 0.6.9
+---------------------------
+
+* produce more detailed logging in debug mode and allow multiple -d options to
+ be specified to also include logging from the LDAP library
+* some LDAP configuration options are now initialized globally instead of per
+ connection which should fix problems with the tls_reqcert option
+* documentation improvements for the NSLCD protocol used between the NSS
+ module and the nslcd server
+* imported the new PAM module from the OpenLDAP nssov tree by Howard Chu (note
+ that the PAM-related NSLCD protocol is not yet finalised and this module is
+ not built by default)
+* in configure script allow disabling of building certain components
+* fix a bug with writing alternate service names and add checks for
+ validity of passed buffer in NSS module
+* Debian packaging improvements
+
+
changes from 0.6.7 to 0.6.8
---------------------------
* SECURITY FIX: the nss-ldapd.conf file that is installed by the Debian
package was created world-readable which could cause problems
- if the bindpw option is used
+ if the bindpw option is used (CVE-2009-1073)
this has been fixed in the Debian package but other users
should check the permissions of the nss-ldapd.conf file when
the bindpw option is used (warnings have been added to the
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 3f0ede8..9d201c6 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
probably before we can call this stable
---------------------------------------
* find problem with reachability of LDAP server
-* Debian package: protect /etc/nss-ldapd.conf if bindpw is used
other items
-----------
-* probably document that you should use libpam-ldap for authentication without
- exposing the passwords through NSS
* document test suite (instructions for setting up environment (server), LDIF
file, nsswitch.conf and nss-ldapd.conf)
* write more unit tests
@@ -39,20 +36,13 @@ other items
* see if we can use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to run our tests in so we don't need to
install NSS library in system path
* only parse configuration options if they are available on the platform
-* have some more general mechanism to disable NSS module in nslcd
+* have some more general mechanism to disable NSS lookups from nslcd
* support searchbase autodetection
-* start the LDAP search and connection in myldap_get_entry() instead of
- in myldap_search()
-* maybe use datagram sockets for NSS/nslcd communication
* support multiple search bases
* support memberOf attribute in passwd entries that map to groups
* setnetgrent() may need to return an error if the netgroup is undefined
* handle repeated calls to getent() better (see http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=376)
-* make it possible to define nisNetgroup as a ou-like thing with
- handling all sub-nisNetgroup objects as memberNisNetgroup, host objects as
- nisNetgroupTriple (HOST,,), users as (,USER?,)
* make it possible to start nslcd really early in the boot process and have
it become available when it determines it can (other timeout/retry mechanism
on startup)
-* if Debconf base is empty do something more useful
* make lookups case-sensitive
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 63a097a..bc345a7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the
configure.ac file for more details.])
# initialize and set version and bugreport address
-AC_INIT([nss-ldapd],[0.6.8],[arthur@ch.tudelft.nl])
-RELEASE_MONTH="Mar 2009"
+AC_INIT([nss-ldapd],[0.6.9],[arthur@ch.tudelft.nl])
+RELEASE_MONTH="May 2009"
AC_SUBST(RELEASE_MONTH)
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([nslcd.h])
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f087941..3dac6ac 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+nss-ldapd (0.6.9) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * produce more detailed logging in debug mode and allow multiple -d options
+ to be specified to also include logging from the LDAP library
+ * some LDAP configuration options are now initialized globally instead of
+ per connection which should fix problems with the tls_reqcert option
+ (closes: #521617)
+ * documentation improvements for the NSLCD protocol used between the NSS
+ module and the nslcd server
+ * imported the new PAM module from the OpenLDAP nssov tree by Howard Chu
+ (note that the PAM-related NSLCD protocol is not yet finalised and this
+ module is not built by default)
+ * in configure script allow disabling of building certain components
+ * fix a problem with writing alternate service names and add checks for
+ validity of passed buffer in NSS module (closes: #527246)
+ * ask the user whether LDAP should be removed from /etc/nsswitch.conf at
+ package removal time (closes: #523483)
+ * remove /var/run/nslcd on package removal
+ * updated Danish debconf translation by Jonas Smedegaard (closes: #525075)
+ * updated Japanese debconf translation by Kenshi Muto (closes: #525085)
+ * updated Portugese debconf translation by Américo Monteiro
+ (closes: #525530)
+ * added Italian debconf translation by Vincenzo Campanella (closes: #525784)
+ * updated French debconf translation by Guillaume Delacour (closes: #526638)
+ * updated Swedish debconf translation by Martin Ågren (closes: #526757)
+ * updated Russian debconf translation by Yuri Kozlov (closes: #527102)
+ * updated Spanish debconf translation by Francisco Javier Cuadrado
+ (closes: #527242)
+ * added Galician debconf translation by Marce Villarino (closes: #527327)
+
+ -- Arthur de Jong <adejong@debian.org> Sat, 09 May 2009 22:00:00 +0200
+
nss-ldapd (0.6.8) unstable; urgency=high
* SECURITY FIX: the nss-ldapd.conf file that is installed was created
diff --git a/man/nslcd.8.xml b/man/nslcd.8.xml
index 4cda483..d4972e8 100644
--- a/man/nslcd.8.xml
+++ b/man/nslcd.8.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>nslcd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class="version">Version 0.6.8</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">Version 0.6.9</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Manager's Manual</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="date">Mar 2009</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="date">May 2009</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id="name">
diff --git a/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml b/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml
index 2df32c1..630a52b 100644
--- a/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml
+++ b/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>nss-ldapd.conf</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class="version">Version 0.6.8</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="version">Version 0.6.9</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Manager's Manual</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="date">Mar 2009</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo class="date">May 2009</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id="name">