From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: nforro-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-man <linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] nsswitch.conf.5: Add list of files being read when "files" service is used
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 20:39:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <565F48FC.4090904@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1447420472.3144.3.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
On 11/13/2015 02:14 PM, Nikola Forró wrote:
> 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
> Signed-off-by: Nikola Forró <nforro-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
> index 33b1c64..c990733 100644
> --- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
> +++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
> @@ -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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2015-11-13 13:14 [patch] nsswitch.conf.5: Add list of files being read when "files" service is used Nikola Forró
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