On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 10:43:15AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >
> > Exactly. The syntax doesn't specify, which is why the syntax sucks.
> > Still, some people seem to insist on using it...
> >
>
> (Well, it also sucks because it is located in the middle of a search
> object...)
I think the "+" should default to NIS and only NIS. The plus is a
legacy thingy anyway and in 99.9% of cases, it means NIS.
If you want to slurp in data from some arbitrary naming service
(eg. dbm, files, ldap, nisplus, oracle, etc), then nsswitch.conf is
the current way to do that. You should not be able to overload what
"+" means.
I have a question. Which OS lets you use a "+" to slurp in LDAP data?
I have not seen that yet ;-)
What are the problems with getting nsswitch.conf to be used by autofs?
Dan
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