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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2019-08-19 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> + + * nss/nsswitch.conf: Expand comments, and simplify defaults. + * manual/nss.texi (NSS Basics): List all known databases. + (Services in the NSS configuration): Mention automount. + 2019-08-19 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> Do not print backtraces on fatal errors. diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi index 164ae33246..821469a78a 100644 --- a/manual/nss.texi +++ b/manual/nss.texi @@ -56,13 +56,17 @@ functions to access the databases. @noindent The databases available in the NSS are +@cindex aliases @cindex ethers @cindex group +@cindex gshadow @cindex hosts +@cindex initgroups @cindex netgroup @cindex networks -@cindex protocols @cindex passwd +@cindex protocols +@cindex publickey @cindex rpc @cindex services @cindex shadow @@ -75,16 +79,22 @@ Ethernet numbers, @comment @pxref{Ethernet Numbers}. @item group Groups of users, @pxref{Group Database}. +@item gshadow +Group passphrase hashes and related information. @item hosts Host names and numbers, @pxref{Host Names}. +@item initgroups +Supplementary group access list. @item netgroup Network wide list of host and users, @pxref{Netgroup Database}. @item networks Network names and numbers, @pxref{Networks Database}. -@item protocols -Network protocols, @pxref{Protocols Database}. @item passwd User identities, @pxref{User Database}. +@item protocols +Network protocols, @pxref{Protocols Database}. +@item publickey +Public keys for Secure RPC. @item rpc Remote procedure call names and numbers. @comment @pxref{RPC Database}. @@ -96,8 +106,8 @@ User passphrase hashes and related information. @end table @noindent -There will be some more added later (@code{automount}, @code{bootparams}, -@code{netmasks}, and @code{publickey}). +@c We currently don't implement automount, netmasks, or bootparams. +More databases may be added later. @node NSS Configuration File, NSS Module Internals, NSS Basics, Name Service Switch @section The NSS Configuration File @@ -159,6 +169,10 @@ these files since they should be placed in a directory where they are found automatically. Only the names of all available services are important. +Lastly, some system software may make use of the NSS configuration file +to store their own configuration for similar purposes. Examples of this +include the @code{automount} service which is used by @code{autofs}. + @node Actions in the NSS configuration, Notes on NSS Configuration File, Services in the NSS configuration, NSS Configuration File @subsection Actions in the NSS configuration diff --git a/nss/nsswitch.conf b/nss/nsswitch.conf index 39ca88bf51..f553588114 100644 --- a/nss/nsswitch.conf +++ b/nss/nsswitch.conf @@ -1,20 +1,69 @@ +# # /etc/nsswitch.conf # -# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. +# An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be +# sorted with the most-used services at the beginning. # +# Valid databases are: aliases, ethers, group, gshadow, hosts, +# initgroups, netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols, publickey, +# rpc, services, and shadow. +# +# Valid service provider entries include (in alphabetical order): +# +# compat Use /etc files plus *_compat pseudo-db +# db Use the pre-processed /var/db files +# dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service) +# files Use the local files in /etc +# hesiod Use Hesiod (DNS) for user lookups +# nis Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP +# nisplus Use NIS+ (NIS version 3) +# +# See `info libc 'NSS Basics'` for more information. +# +# Commonly used alternative service providers (may need installation): +# +# ldap Use LDAP directory server +# myhostname Use systemd host names +# mymachines Use systemd machine names +# mdns*, mdns*_minimal Use Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD +# resolve Use systemd resolved resolver +# sss Use System Security Services Daemon (sssd) +# systemd Use systemd for dynamic user option +# winbind Use Samba winbind support +# wins Use Samba wins support +# wrapper Use wrapper module for testing +# +# Notes: +# +# 'sssd' performs its own 'files'-based caching, so it should generally +# come before 'files'. +# +# WARNING: Running nscd with a secondary caching service like sssd may +# lead to unexpected behaviour, especially with how long +# entries are cached. +# +# Installation instructions: +# +# To use 'db', install the appropriate package(s) (provide 'makedb' and +# libnss_db.so.*), and place the 'db' in front of 'files' for entries +# you want to be looked up first in the databases, like this: +# +# passwd: db files +# shadow: db files +# group: db files -passwd: db files -group: db files -initgroups: db [SUCCESS=continue] files -shadow: db files -gshadow: files - -hosts: files dns -networks: files dns - -protocols: db files -services: db files -ethers: db files -rpc: db files - -netgroup: db files +# In alphabetical order. Re-order as required to optimize peformance. +aliases: files +ethers: files +group: files +gshadow: files +hosts: files dns +initgroups: files +netgroup: files +networks: files dns +passwd: files +protocols: files +publickey: files +rpc: files +shadow: files +services: files |