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diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi index 821469a78a..80e730768e 100644 --- a/manual/nss.texi +++ b/manual/nss.texi @@ -328,17 +328,12 @@ For the @code{hosts} and @code{networks} databases the default value is the DNS service not to be available but if it is available the answer it returns is definitive. -The @code{passwd}, @code{group}, and @code{shadow} databases are +The @code{passwd}, @code{group}, and @code{shadow} databases was 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 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}. +@file{/etc} directory were read but if an entry with a name starting +with a @code{+} character was found NIS was used. This kind of lookup +was removed and now the default value for the services is @code{files}. +libnss_compat no longer depends on libnsl and can be used without NIS. For all other databases the default value is @code{files} unless @theglibc{} was configured with @code{--enable-obsolete-rpc} option, in |