Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:36:38 +0200 From: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [fbsd] Re: possible patch for implementing split DNS Message-ID: <20060829083638.GC15761@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> In-Reply-To: <44F37994.8010808@elischer.org> References: <44EF6E18.6090905@elischer.org> <44F3429F.6050204@FreeBSD.org> <44F344FA.1000408@elischer.org> <20060828221218.GB93062@dwpc.dwlabs.ca> <44F370F2.7080406@elischer.org> <44F37386.4020702@FreeBSD.org> <44F37994.8010808@elischer.org>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:17:40PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
> It is intersting that people are suggesting tons of really complicated
> solutions involving loading essoteric
> softwere or setting up complicated virtual machines when listenning to a
> simple environment variable
> will do the trick.. For comparison, the nsswitch code in current ALREADY
> listens to an environment variable
> for an alternate name for /etc/nsswitch.conf..
>
> i.e. nsdispatch.c: path = getenv("NSSWITCH_CONF");
The full context should have been pasted:
% #if defined(_NSS_DEBUG) && defined(_NSS_SHOOT_FOOT)
% /* NOTE WELL: THIS IS A SECURITY HOLE. This must only be built
% * for debugging purposes and MUST NEVER be used in production.
% */
% path = getenv("NSSWITCH_CONF");
% if (path == NULL)
% #endif
% path = _PATH_NS_CONF;
--
Jeremie Le Hen
< jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >
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