Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:32:14 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of nsswitch.conf in current? Message-ID: <20030822183214.GD741@roark.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <3F465DA5.2040002@acm.org> References: <3F459D29.2030009@mindspring.com> <20030822054454.GA51245@sunbay.com> <3F462B60.50405@mindspring.com> <20030822155140.GA46768@sunbay.com> <3F465DA5.2040002@acm.org>
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:15:01AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >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.
>
> On the other hand, having
>
> /etc/nsswitch.conf.example
>
> would
> a) Advertise the existence of nsswitch capabilities in
> an obvious place where people new to FreeBSD would
> see it.
> b) Document the defaults.
> c) Not slow anything down.
> d) Serve as an example and template for people just
> getting started..
e) clutter /etc with a file that serves no purpose other than
illustration.
It should either go in as /etc/nsswitch.conf or into
/usr/share/examples/etc.
-gordon
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