Re: NSS and PAM (was Re: NSS and PAM, dynamic vs. static)

From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 05:05:24 -0800

slave-mike wrote:
> why does /bin/sh need NSS support?

To translate UIDs and GIDs into strings using getpwnam() and
getgrnam() when the strings are stored in a directory service
of some kind.

-- Terry

Received on Thu Dec 04 2003 - 04:10:17 UTC

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