nsswitch.conf.5: Add list of files being read when "files" service is used
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This is not mentioned anywhere. Users can assume that the file being read is something like /etc/$DATABASE, but that's not always the case. It's better to explicitly specify which file is read for each respective database. The list of files was acquired from glibc source code.
--- man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +46 -0
@@ -330,6 +330,52 @@ implements "nis" source. implements "nisplus" source. .PD .RE +.LP +The following files are read when "files" source is specified +for respective databases: +.RS 4 +.TP 12 +.PD 0 +.B aliases +.I /etc/aliases +.TP +.B ethers +.I /etc/ethers +.TP +.B group +.I /etc/group +.TP +.B hosts +.I /etc/hosts +.TP +.B initgroups +.I /etc/group +.TP +.B netgroup +.I /etc/netgroup +.TP +.B networks +.I /etc/networks +.TP +.B passwd +.I /etc/passwd +.TP +.B protocols +.I /etc/protocols +.TP +.B publickey +.I /etc/publickey +.TP +.B rpc +.I /etc/rpc +.TP +.B services +.I /etc/services +.TP +.B shadow +.I /etc/shadow +.PD +.RE .SH NOTES Within each process that uses .BR nsswitch.conf ,
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Quoted 4 lines · Nikola Forró
This is not mentioned anywhere. Users can assume that the file being read is something like
/etc/$DATABASE, but that's not always the case. It's better to explicitly specify which file is read for each respective database. The list of files was acquired from glibc source code.
Thanks, Nikola. Applied.
Cheers,
Michael
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Signed-off-by Nikola Forró <[email protected]>--- man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +46
-0@@ -330,6 +330,52 @@ implements "nis" source. implements "nisplus" source. .PD .RE +.LP +The following files are read when "files" source is specified +for respective databases: +.RS 4 +.TP 12 +.PD 0 +.B aliases +.I /etc/aliases +.TP +.B ethers +.I /etc/ethers +.TP +.B group +.I /etc/group +.TP +.B hosts +.I /etc/hosts +.TP +.B initgroups +.I /etc/group +.TP +.B netgroup +.I /etc/netgroup +.TP +.B networks +.I /etc/networks +.TP +.B passwd +.I /etc/passwd +.TP +.B protocols +.I /etc/protocols +.TP +.B publickey +.I /etc/publickey +.TP +.B rpc +.I /etc/rpc +.TP +.B services +.I /etc/services +.TP +.B shadow +.I /etc/shadow +.PD +.RE .SH NOTES Within each process that uses .BR nsswitch.conf ,
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