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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