Gregory's Server
@pid_eins Ooh, TIL! I didn't know about this entire subsystem of systemd. My worry was going to be what to do with the cursed legacy modules that some people have, but I see with userdbd there's bidirectional compatibility between varlink and nss clients. Very nice, and yes I agree this is a better way to set up the system.
I look forward to the posts for next release, I'm even learning stuff about older releases!
@danderson @pid_eins if later systemd is not enough sssd has provided this service with proper caching for almost 15 years.
It was built specifically for 3 reasons: consistent caching, remove unwanted libraries from binaries, allow centally controlled private credentials.
Because it predates systemd it has its own protcol but also a fast, mmaped shared cache that avoid process context switching when not needed.
(full disclosure I am the original author).