Bug#333871: improved(?) description of nsswitch.conf semantics

2008-01-30 Thread Martin Schulze
Vincent McIntyre wrote: *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi The nsswitch.conf(5) manpage does not explain how to override some fields in /etc/passwd, with the compat option. In fact I could not easily find any reference to the full +/- semantics mentioned in the page. The

Bug#333871: improved(?) description of nsswitch.conf semantics

2005-10-14 Thread Vincent McIntyre
Package: base-files Version: 3.1.2 Severity: minor *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi The nsswitch.conf(5) manpage does not explain how to override some fields in /etc/passwd, with the compat option. In fact I could not easily find any reference to the full +/- semantics