Re: [patch] nsswitch.conf.5: Add list of files being read when "files" service is used

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@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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