Re: status of nsswitch.conf in current?

From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont_at_gnf.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:32:14 -0700
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

Received on Fri Aug 22 2003 - 09:32:19 UTC

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