File, dbm and sql lookup: I had a little programming to write and was struck by the fact that I have to write my own code to do a linear search through a flat-file. (It was actually way easier to just use Berkeley DBM instead and do db->find.) I'm wondering if it would be useful to have a library which did lookups for a variety of data sources in a unified manner, so if the source outgrows flat-file it can migrate to somethiing else without having to re-write any code. Anyone else think this would be good?

autofs4: Jeremy has in principle accepted my autofs4 code but it's been a year since he last released anything. Must ping him.

PAM: I wrote a module, pam_twist that maps a username into another, so the Durham Computing Society can authenticate using either their Society password or with their University password. This way they can log in to change their Society password without having to hassle me.