Docuemnt exactly which functions access which NSS databases.

Point out that FreeBSD libc has compat stubs for GNU glibc NSS
modules which access NSDB_PASSWD/NSDB_GROUP, but not NSDB_HOSTS;
based on painful experience porting nss_mdns.

Reviewed by:	ru
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Bruce M Simpson 2007-01-22 11:45:25 +00:00
parent 7f92c4ee02
commit 50c317ac7c
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=166168
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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd April 16, 2003
.Dd January 22, 2007
.Dt NSDISPATCH 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -209,6 +209,20 @@ function returns the value of the method that caused the dispatcher to
terminate, or
.Dv NS_NOTFOUND
otherwise.
.Sh NOTES
.Fx Ns 's
.Lb libc
provides stubs for compatibility with NSS modules
written for the
.Tn GNU
C Library
.Nm nsswitch
interface.
However, these stubs only support the use of the
.Dq Li passwd
and
.Dq Li group
databases.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hesiod 3 ,
.Xr stdarg 3 ,

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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd May 20, 2006
.Dd January 22, 2007
.Dt NSSWITCH.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -105,21 +105,45 @@ The following databases are used by the following C library functions:
.It Sy Database
.Sy "Used by"
.It group
.Xr getgrent 3
.Xr getgrent 3 ,
.Xr getgrent_r 3 ,
.Xr getgrgid_r 3 ,
.Xr getgrnam_r 3 ,
.Xr setgrent 3 ,
.Xr endgrent 3
.It hosts
.Xr gethostbyname 3
.Xr getaddrinfo 3 ,
.Xr gethostbyaddr 3 ,
.Xr gethostbyaddr_r 3 ,
.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
.Xr gethostbyname2 3 ,
.Xr gethostbyname_r 3 ,
.Xr getipnodebyaddr 3 ,
.Xr getipnodebyname 3
.It networks
.Xr getnetbyname 3
.Xr getnetbyaddr 3 ,
.Xr getnetbyaddr_r 3 ,
.Xr getnetbyname 3 ,
.Xr getnetbyname_r 3
.It passwd
.Xr getpwent 3
.Xr getpwent 3 ,
.Xr getpwent_r 3 ,
.Xr getpwnam_r 3 ,
.Xr getpwuid_r 3 ,
.Xr setpwent 3 ,
.Xr endpwent 3
.It shells
.Xr getusershell 3
.It services
.Xr getservent 3
.It rpc
.Xr getrpcbyname 3 ,
.Xr getrpcbynumber 3 ,
.Xr getrpcent 3
.It proto
.Xr getprotobyname 3
.Xr getprotobynumber 3 ,
.Xr getprotoent 3
.El
.Ss Status codes
The following status codes are available:
@ -313,6 +337,20 @@ If system got compiled with
you have to remove
.Sq nis
entries.
.Pp
.Fx Ns 's
.Lb libc
provides stubs for compatibility with NSS modules
written for the
.Tn GNU
C Library
.Nm nsswitch
interface.
However, these stubs only support the use of the
.Dq Li passwd
and
.Dq Li group
databases.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr nsdispatch 3 ,
.Xr cached.conf 5 ,