Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 606

/etc/nsswitch.conf
The introduction of the GNU C Library 2.0 was accompanied by the introduction of
the Name Service Switch (NSS). Refer to the nsswitch.conf(5) man page and
The GNU C Library Reference Manual for details.
The order for queries is defined in the file /etc/nsswitch.conf. A sample
nsswitch.conf is shown in
Comments are introduced by # signs. In this example, the entry under the hosts
database means that a request is sent to /etc/hosts (files) via DNS (see
ter 33, The Domain Name System
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 589).
Table 30.7
aliases
ethers
group
588 Installation and Administration
Example 30.9, "/etc/nsswitch.conf"
(page 609)).
compat
compat
files dns
files dns
db files
db files
files
files nis
(page 588). 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.
Table 30.7, "Databases Available via
(page 588).
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