I think Solaris probably has the best approach. Most of this kind of thing
is handled in a Name Service switch file of sorts. Some of the AIX services
can be controlled that way also. I believe HPUX is also on this track. Is
there a major reason Linux doesn't go this route?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of H. Peter Anvin
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 12:43 PM
To: Peter Bunclark; Dan Mack; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: "+" in files
"H. Peter Anvin" wrote:
>
> Peter Bunclark wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Dan Mack wrote:
> > > In /etc/passwd:
> > >
> > >
> > > So, in /etc/auto.master, I would like the plus to signify that you
> > > slurp in the map from NIS.
> >
> > or NIS+. Or LDAP...
> >
> > Pete.
>
> 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...)
-hpa
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