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On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> <<On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:36:07 -0500, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org> said:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 12:23:46AM +0700, Max Khon wrote:
> >> it will not work in single user mode when /usr is not mounted, right?
>
> > That's right.
>
> >> do you plan to migrate to shared root just like NetBSD did a few months ago?
>
> > Not me personally, no. :-)  I would welcome it, but I'm not going to push
> > it.
>
> One possible way around this is to add an external resolver (like
> Solaris's `nscd'); the static library can use a stub routine to call
> the resolver if possible (i.e., the machine is running multiuser), and
> then fall back to the built-in databases if this fails.  This way,
> only the users who needed loadable NSS modules would pay the cost.

As long as this is 100% optional, fine. nscd on sun is an evil menace, and
I'd hate to see us repeat the same mistakes.

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