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| author | Steve Ellcey <sellcey@caviumnetworks.com> | 2017-09-12 10:21:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Steve Ellcey <sellcey@caviumnetworks.com> | 2017-09-12 10:21:48 -0700 |
| commit | a1a78204162561872634d517b82e8a865c7058cc (patch) | |
| tree | 82117b8f03ae93b25407f745a047202496ca5c50 /manual | |
| parent | ef8adeb0416309082c41a1518caee6961b5c42e8 (diff) | |
Remove compat from DEFAULT_CONFIG lookup strings
* grp/initgroups.c: Include config.h.
(DEFAULT_CONFIG): New macro.
(internal_getgrouplist): Use DEFAULT_CONFIG.
* nscd/initgrcache.c (addinitgroupsX): Likewise.
* nss/nsswitch.c (__nss_disable_nscd): Likewise.
(DEFAULT_DEFCONFIG): New macro.
(__nss_database_lookup): Use DEFAULT_DEFCONFIG.
* nss/grp-lookup.c: Include config.h
(DEFAULT_CONFIG): Set definition based on LINK_OBSOLETE_NSL.
* nss/pwd-lookup.c (DEFAULT_CONFIG): Likewise.
* nss/spwd-lookup.c (DEFAULT_CONFIG): Likewise.
* manual/nss.texi: Update default values section.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/nss.texi | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi index ee70ad309d..d534c260d3 100644 --- a/manual/nss.texi +++ b/manual/nss.texi @@ -318,13 +318,17 @@ The @code{passwd}, @code{group}, and @code{shadow} databases are traditionally handled in a special way. The appropriate files in the @file{/etc} directory are read but if an entry with a name starting with a @code{+} character is found NIS is used. This kind of lookup -remains possible by using the special lookup service @code{compat} -and the default value for the three databases above is -@code{compat [NOTFOUND=return] files}. - -For all other databases the default value is -@code{nis [NOTFOUND=return] files}. This solution gives the best -chance to be correct since NIS and file based lookups are used. +remains possible if @theglibc{} was configured with the +@code{--enable-obsolete-nsl} option and the special lookup service +@code{compat} is used. If @theglibc{} was configured with the +@code{--enable-obsolete-nsl} option the default value for the three +databases above is @code{compat [NOTFOUND=return] files}. If the +@code{--enable-obsolete-nsl} option was not used the default value +for the services is @code{files}. + +For all other databases the default value is @code{files} unless +@theglibc{} was configured with @code{--enable-obsolete-rpc} option, in +which case it the default value is @code{nis [NOTFOUND=return] files}. @cindex optimizing NSS A second point is that the user should try to optimize the lookup |