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Date:      Thu, 04 Dec 2003 05:05:24 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        slave-mike <slave-mike@rv1.dynip.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NSS and PAM (was Re: NSS and PAM, dynamic vs. static)
Message-ID:  <3FCF3114.917891D8@mindspring.com>
References:  <20031129011334.GC88553@madman.celabo.org> <3FC89564.8030209@rv1.dynip.com>

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slave-mike wrote:
> why does /bin/sh need NSS support?

To translate UIDs and GIDs into strings using getpwnam() and
getgrnam() when the strings are stored in a directory service
of some kind.

-- Terry



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