Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 261

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 21, The Domain Name System
Example 17.9 /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: compat
group: compat
hosts: files dns
networks: files dns
services: db files
protocols: db files
netgroup: files
automount: files nis
The "databases" available over NSS are listed in
(page 247). In addition, automount, bootparams, netmasks
/etc/nsswitch.conf"
and publickey are expected in the near future. The configuration options for NSS
databases are listed in
(page 248).
Table 17.7 Databases Available via /etc/nsswitch.conf
aliases
ethers
group
hosts
netgroup
Example 17.9, "/etc/nsswitch.conf"
(page 279)).
Table 17.8, "Configuration Options for NSS "Databases""
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.
Table 17.7, "Databases Available via
(page 247).
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