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na_nsswitch.conf - Configuration file for name service
switch
/etc/nsswitch.conf
The name service switch configuration file contains the
preferred order in which name services will be contacted
for name resolution by the node. For each map, the name
services to be used and the lookup order is specified in
this file. Currently four name services are supported.
They are local files in the /etc directory, NIS, LDAP,
and DNS. The maps or "databases" that are supported are
hosts, passwd, shadows, group, and netgroups (LDAP is
currently supported in the passwd, group, and netgroups
map). Each line has the form:
map: order of name services
For example:
hosts: files nis dns ldap
passwd: files nis ldap
When trying to resolve a name, the services are contacted
one by one, as per the order specified, until the name is
successfully resolved. A name resolution failure occurs
when no service can successfully resolve the name. When
enumerating a map, enumeration happens over all the
services specified for the map.
/etc/nsswitch.conf
na_setup(1)
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