Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 654

Example 30.9 /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd:
group:
hosts:
networks:
services:
protocols:
netgroup:
automount:
The "databases" available over NSS are listed in
/etc/nsswitch.conf"
and publickey are expected in the near future. The configuration options for NSS
databases are listed in
(page 639).
Table 30.7
aliases
ethers
group
hosts
netgroup
networks
passwd
638 Deployment Guide
compat
compat
files dns
files dns
db files
db files
files
files nis
(page 638). In addition, automount, bootparams, netmasks,
Table 30.8, "Configuration Options for NSS "Databases""
Databases Available via /etc/nsswitch.conf
Mail aliases implemented by sendmail; see man 5
aliases.
Ethernet addresses.
For user groups, used by getgrent. See also the man page
for group.
For hostnames and IP addresses, used by gethostbyname
and similar functions.
Valid host and user lists in the network for the purpose of
controlling access permissions; see the netgroup(5) man
page.
Network names and addresses, used by getnetent.
User passwords, used by getpwent; see the passwd(5)
man page.
Table 30.7, "Databases Available via