Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:51:41 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of nsswitch.conf in current? Message-ID: <20030822155140.GA46768@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3F462B60.50405@mindspring.com> References: <3F459D29.2030009@mindspring.com> <20030822054454.GA51245@sunbay.com> <3F462B60.50405@mindspring.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:40:32AM -0400, Richard Coleman wrote: > I saw that. I guess my question is whether a default nsswitch.conf file > will be checked into /etc and /usr/share/examples/etc, or whether it > will be left empty? I would expect that if this capability was working, > that a default nsswitch.conf would be checked into /etc. > Adding /etc/nsswitch.conf with the default settings would just slow the things down. For the same reason, we don't provide /etc/resolv.conf by default. Adding src/share/examples/etc/nsswitch.conf and installing it in /usr/share/examples/etc/ is a good idea. > Many admins > may not know the system has this capability unless they see a copy of > nsswitch.conf in /etc. > Many admins should learn how to consult with the release notes then. ;-) Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/RjwMUkv4P6juNwoRAlbXAJ9n//XhgDOYbkT29jX/Oxq0b2NIHACfeR5s lwofof0Bb6efchG2OSoD4Bw= =JtqA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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