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nsswitch.conf (5)
  • nsswitch.conf (4) ( Solaris man: Специальные файлы /dev/* )
  • nsswitch.conf (4) ( Русские man: Специальные файлы /dev/* )
  • >> nsswitch.conf (5) ( FreeBSD man: Форматы файлов )
  • nsswitch.conf (5) ( Русские man: Форматы файлов )
  • nsswitch.conf (5) ( Linux man: Форматы файлов )

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    NAME

    
    
    nsswitch.conf
    
     - name-service switch configuration file
    
     
    

    DESCRIPTION

    The file specifies how the nsdispatch(3) (name-service switch dispatcher) routines in the C library should operate.

    The configuration file controls how a process looks up various databases containing information regarding hosts, users (passwords), groups, etc. Each database comes from a source (such as local files, DNS, NIS and cache), and the order to look up the sources is specified in .

    Each entry in consists of a database name, and a space separated list of sources. Each source can have an optional trailing criterion that determines whether the next listed source is used, or the search terminates at the current source. Each criterion consists of one or more status codes, and actions to take if that status code occurs.  

    Sources

    The following sources are implemented:

    Source
    Description
    files
    Local files, such as /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd
    dns
    Internet Domain Name System. ``hosts'' and `networks' use IN class entries, all other databases use HS class (Hesiod) entries.
    nis
    NIS (formerly YP)
    compat
    support `+/-' in the ``passwd'' and ``group'' databases. If this is present, it must be the only source for that entry.
    cache
    makes use of the nscd(8) daemon.

     

    Databases

    The following databases are used by the following C library functions:

    Database
    Used by
    group
    getgrent(3), getgrent_r3, getgrgid_r3, getgrnam_r3, setgrent(3), endgrent(3)
    hosts
    getaddrinfo(3), gethostbyaddr(3), gethostbyaddr_r3, gethostbyname(3), gethostbyname2(3), gethostbyname_r3, getipnodebyaddr(3), getipnodebyname(3)
    networks
    getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyaddr_r3, getnetbyname(3), getnetbyname_r3
    passwd
    getpwent(3), getpwent_r3, getpwnam_r3, getpwuid_r3, setpwent(3), endpwent(3)
    shells
    getusershell(3)
    services
    getservent(3)
    rpc
    getrpcbyname(3), getrpcbynumber(3), getrpcent(3)
    proto
    getprotobyname(3) getprotobynumber(3), getprotoent(3)

     

    Status codes

    The following status codes are available:

    Status
    Description
    success
    The requested entry was found.
    notfound
    The entry is not present at this source.
    tryagain
    The source is busy, and may respond to retries.
    unavail
    The source is not responding, or entry is corrupt.

     

    Actions

    For each of the status codes, one of two actions is possible:

    Action
    Description
    continue
    Try the next source
    return
    Return with the current result

     

    Format of file

    A BNF description of the syntax of is:

    <entry>
    ::= <database> ":" [<source> [<criteria>]]*
    <criteria>
    ::= "[" <criterion>+ "]"
    <criterion>
    ::= <status> "=" <action>
    <status>
    ::= "success" | "notfound" | "unavail" | "tryagain"
    <action>
    ::= "return" | "continue"

    Each entry starts on a new line in the file. A `#' delimits a comment to end of line. Blank lines are ignored. A `\' at the end of a line escapes the newline, and causes the next line to be a continuation of the current line. All entries are case-insensitive.

    The default criteria is to return on ``success'' and continue on anything else (i.e, [success=return notfound=continue unavail=continue tryagain=continue] )  

    Cache

    You can enable caching for the particular database by specifying ``cache'' as the first source in the nsswitch.conf5 file. You should also enable caching for this database in nscd.conf5. If for the particular query ``cache'' source returns success, no further sources are queried. On the other hand, if there are no previously cached data, the query result will be placed into the cache right after all other sources are processed. Note, that ``cache'' requires nscd(8) daemon to be running.  

    Compat mode: +/- syntax

    In historical multi-source implementations, the `+' and `-' characters are used to specify the importing of user password and group information from NIS Although provides alternative methods of accessing distributed sources such as NIS specifying a sole source of ``compat'' will provide the historical behaviour.

    An alternative source for the information accessed via `+/-' can be used by specifying ``passwd_compat: source'' ``source'' in this case can be `dns' `nis' or any other source except for `files' and `compat'  

    Notes

    Historically, many of the databases had enumeration functions, often of the form getXXXent (.);
    These made sense when the databases were in local files, but do not make sense or have lesser relevance when there are possibly multiple sources, each of an unknown size. The interfaces are still provided for compatibility, but the source may not be able to provide complete entries, or duplicate entries may be retrieved if multiple sources that contain similar information are specified.

    To ensure compatibility with previous and current implementations, the ``compat'' source must appear alone for a given database.  

    Default source lists

    If, for any reason, does not exist, or it has missing or corrupt entries, nsdispatch(3) will default to an entry of ``files'' for the requested database. Exceptions are:

    Database
    Default source list
    group
    compat
    group_compat
    nis
    hosts
    files dns
    passwd
    compat
    passwd_compat
    nis
    services
    compat
    services_compat
    nis

     

    FILES

    /etc/nsswitch.conf
    The file resides in /etc

     

    EXAMPLES

    To lookup hosts in cache, then in /etc/hosts and then from the DNS, and lookup user information from NIS then files, use:

    hosts:
    cache files dns
    passwd:
    nis [notfound=return] files
    group:
    nis [notfound=return] files

    The criteria ``[notfound=return]'' sets a policy of "if the user is notfound in nis, do not try files." This treats nis as the authoritative source of information, except when the server is down.  

    NOTES

    If system got compiled with WITHOUT_NIS you have to remove `nis' entries.

    Fx Ns 's Lb libc provides stubs for compatibility with NSS modules written for the GNU C Library nsswitch interface. However, these stubs only support the use of the ``passwd '' and ``group '' databases.  

    SEE ALSO

    nsdispatch(3), nscd.conf5, resolv.conf5, nscd(8), named(8), ypbind(8)  

    HISTORY

    The file format first appeared in Fx 5.0 . It was imported from the Nx Project, where it appeared first in Nx 1.4 .  

    AUTHORS

    Luke Mewburn Aq [email protected] wrote this freely distributable name-service switch implementation, using ideas from the ULTRIX svc.conf5 and Solaris nsswitch.conf4 manual pages.


     

    Index

    NAME
    DESCRIPTION
    Sources
    Databases
    Status codes
    Actions
    Format of file
    Cache
    Compat mode: +/- syntax
    Notes
    Default source lists
    FILES
    EXAMPLES
    NOTES
    SEE ALSO
    HISTORY
    AUTHORS


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