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+'\" t
+.TH "NSS\-SYSTEMD" "8" "" "systemd 254" "nss-systemd"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+nss-systemd, libnss_systemd.so.2 \- UNIX user and group name resolution for user/group lookup via Varlink
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.PP
+libnss_systemd\&.so\&.2
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBnss\-systemd\fR
+is a plug\-in module for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (\fBglibc\fR), providing UNIX user and group name resolution for services implementing the
+\m[blue]\fBUser/Group Record Lookup API via Varlink\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2, such as the system and service manager
+\fBsystemd\fR(1)
+(for its
+\fIDynamicUser=\fR
+feature, see
+\fBsystemd.exec\fR(5)
+for details),
+\fBsystemd-homed.service\fR(8), or
+\fBsystemd-machined.service\fR(8)\&.
+.PP
+This module also ensures that the root and nobody users and groups (i\&.e\&. the users/groups with the UIDs/GIDs 0 and 65534) remain resolvable at all times, even if they aren\*(Aqt listed in
+/etc/passwd
+or
+/etc/group, or if these files are missing\&.
+.PP
+This module preferably utilizes
+\fBsystemd-userdbd.service\fR(8)
+for resolving users and groups, but also works without the service running\&.
+.PP
+To activate the NSS module, add
+"systemd"
+to the lines starting with
+"passwd:",
+"group:",
+"shadow:"
+and
+"gshadow:"
+in
+/etc/nsswitch\&.conf\&.
+.PP
+It is recommended to place
+"systemd"
+after the
+"files"
+or
+"compat"
+entry of the
+/etc/nsswitch\&.conf
+lines so that
+/etc/passwd,
+/etc/group,
+/etc/shadow
+and
+/etc/gshadow
+based mappings take precedence\&.
+.SH "STATIC DROP\-IN JSON USER/GROUP RECORDS"
+.PP
+Besides user/group records acquired via the aforementioned Varlink IPC interfaces and the synthesized root and nobody accounts, this module also makes user and group accounts available to the system that are defined in static drop\-in files in the
+/etc/userdb/,
+/run/userdb/,
+/run/host/userdb/
+and
+/usr/lib/userdb/
+directories\&.
+.PP
+This is a simple mechanism to provide static user and group records via JSON drop\-in files\&. Such user records should be defined in the format described by the
+\m[blue]\fBJSON User Records\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2
+specification and be placed in one of the aforementioned directories under a file name composed of the user name suffixed with
+\&.user, with a world\-readable access mode\&. A symlink named after the user record\*(Aqs UID formatted in decimal and suffixed with
+\&.user
+pointing to the primary record file should be created as well, in order to allow both lookups by username and by UID\&. Privileged user record data (e\&.g\&. hashed UNIX passwords) may optionally be provided as well, in a pair of separate companion files with the
+\&.user\-privileged
+suffix\&. The data should be stored in a regular file named after the user name, suffixed with
+\&.user\-privileged, and a symlink pointing to it, named after the used numeric UID formatted in decimal with the same suffix\&. These companion files should not be readable to anyone but root\&. Example:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+\-rw\-r\-\-r\-\-\&. 1 root root 723 May 10 foobar\&.user
+\-rw\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\&. 1 root root 123 May 10 foobar\&.user\-privileged
+lrwxrwxrwx\&. 1 root root 19 May 10 4711\&.user \-> foobar\&.user
+lrwxrwxrwx\&. 1 root root 19 May 10 4711\&.user\-privileged \-> foobar\&.user\-privileged
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.PP
+Similarly, group records following the format described in
+\m[blue]\fBJSON Group Record\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[3]\d\s+2
+may be defined, using the file suffixes
+\&.group
+and
+\&.group\-privileged\&.
+.PP
+The primary user/group record files (i\&.e\&. those with the
+\&.user
+and
+\&.group
+suffixes) should not contain the
+"privileged"
+section as described in the specifications\&. The privileged user/group record files (i\&.e\&. those with the
+\&.user\-privileged
+and
+\&.group\-privileged
+suffixes) should contain this section, exclusively\&.
+.PP
+Note that static user/group records generally do not override conflicting records in
+/etc/passwd
+or
+/etc/group
+or other account databases\&. In fact, before dropping in these files a reasonable level of care should be taken to avoid user/group name and UID/GID conflicts\&.
+.SH "CONFIGURATION IN /ETC/NSSWITCH\&.CONF"
+.PP
+Here is an example
+/etc/nsswitch\&.conf
+file that enables
+\fBnss\-systemd\fR
+correctly:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+passwd: compat \fBsystemd\fR
+group: compat [SUCCESS=merge] \fBsystemd\fR
+shadow: compat \fBsystemd\fR
+gshadow: files \fBsystemd\fR
+
+hosts: mymachines resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] files myhostname dns
+networks: files
+
+protocols: db files
+services: db files
+ethers: db files
+rpc: db files
+
+netgroup: nis
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "EXAMPLE: MAPPINGS PROVIDED BY SYSTEMD\-MACHINED\&.SERVICE"
+.PP
+The container
+"rawhide"
+is spawned using
+\fBsystemd-nspawn\fR(1):
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+# systemd\-nspawn \-M rawhide \-\-boot \-\-network\-veth \-\-private\-users=pick
+Spawning container rawhide on /var/lib/machines/rawhide\&.
+Selected user namespace base 20119552 and range 65536\&.
+\&.\&.\&.
+
+$ machinectl \-\-max\-addresses=3
+MACHINE CLASS SERVICE OS VERSION ADDRESSES
+rawhide container systemd\-nspawn fedora 30 169\&.254\&.40\&.164 fe80::94aa:3aff:fe7b:d4b9
+
+$ getent passwd vu\-rawhide\-0 vu\-rawhide\-81
+vu\-rawhide\-0:*:20119552:65534:vu\-rawhide\-0:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
+vu\-rawhide\-81:*:20119633:65534:vu\-rawhide\-81:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
+
+$ getent group vg\-rawhide\-0 vg\-rawhide\-81
+vg\-rawhide\-0:*:20119552:
+vg\-rawhide\-81:*:20119633:
+
+$ ps \-o user:15,pid,tty,command \-e|grep \*(Aq^vu\-rawhide\*(Aq
+vu\-rawhide\-0 692 ? /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
+vu\-rawhide\-0 731 ? /usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-journald
+vu\-rawhide\-192 734 ? /usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-networkd
+vu\-rawhide\-193 738 ? /usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-resolved
+vu\-rawhide\-0 742 ? /usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-logind
+vu\-rawhide\-81 744 ? /usr/bin/dbus\-daemon \-\-system \-\-address=systemd: \-\-nofork \-\-nopidfile \-\-systemd\-activation \-\-syslog\-only
+vu\-rawhide\-0 746 ? /usr/sbin/sshd \-D \&.\&.\&.
+vu\-rawhide\-0 752 ? /usr/lib/systemd/systemd \-\-user
+vu\-rawhide\-0 753 ? (sd\-pam)
+vu\-rawhide\-0 1628 ? login \-\- zbyszek
+vu\-rawhide\-1000 1630 ? /usr/lib/systemd/systemd \-\-user
+vu\-rawhide\-1000 1631 ? (sd\-pam)
+vu\-rawhide\-1000 1637 pts/8 \-zsh
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBsystemd\fR(1),
+\fBsystemd.exec\fR(5),
+\fBnss-resolve\fR(8),
+\fBnss-myhostname\fR(8),
+\fBnss-mymachines\fR(8),
+\fBsystemd-userdbd.service\fR(8),
+\fBsystemd-homed.service\fR(8),
+\fBsystemd-machined.service\fR(8),
+\fBnsswitch.conf\fR(5),
+\fBgetent\fR(1)
+.SH "NOTES"
+.IP " 1." 4
+User/Group Record Lookup API via Varlink
+.RS 4
+\%https://systemd.io/USER_GROUP_API
+.RE
+.IP " 2." 4
+JSON User Records
+.RS 4
+\%https://systemd.io/USER_RECORD
+.RE
+.IP " 3." 4
+JSON Group Record
+.RS 4
+\%https://systemd.io/GROUP_RECORD
+.RE