Merging upstream version 6.7.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
index 49b288e..34dd7d7 100644
--- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
+++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 .\"
-.TH nsswitch.conf 5 2023-05-03 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH nsswitch.conf 5 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
 .SH NAME
 nsswitch.conf \- Name Service Switch configuration file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ the sources from which to obtain name-service information in
 a range of categories,
 and in what order.
 Each category of information is identified by a database name.
-.PP
+.P
 The file is plain ASCII text, with columns separated by spaces or tab
 characters.
 The first column specifies the database name.
 The remaining columns describe the order of sources to query and a
 limited set of actions that can be performed by lookup result.
-.PP
+.P
 The following databases are understood by the GNU C Library:
 .TP 12
 .B aliases
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ and related functions.
 Shadow user passwords, used by
 .BR getspnam (3)
 and related functions.
-.PP
+.P
 The GNU C Library ignores databases with unknown names.
 Some applications use this to implement special handling for their own
 databases.
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ Refer to
 and
 .BR subgid (5)
 for more details.
-.PP
+.P
 Here is an example
 .I /etc/nsswitch.conf
 file:
-.PP
+.P
 .in +4n
 .EX
 passwd:         compat
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ rpc:            nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
 services:       nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
 .EE
 .in
-.PP
+.P
 The first column is the database name.
 The remaining columns specify:
 .IP \[bu] 3
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ those services will be queried, in turn, until a result is found.
 .IP \[bu]
 Optional actions to perform if a particular result is obtained
 from the preceding service, for example, "[NOTFOUND=return]".
-.PP
+.P
 The service specifications supported on your system depend on the
 presence of shared libraries, and are therefore extensible.
 Libraries called
@@ -155,20 +155,20 @@ The version number
 may be 1 for glibc 2.0, or 2 for glibc 2.1 and later.
 On systems with additional libraries installed, you may have access to
 further services such as "hesiod", "ldap", "winbind", and "wins".
-.PP
+.P
 An action may also be specified following a service specification.
 The action modifies the behavior following a result obtained
 from the preceding data source.
 Action items take the general form:
-.PP
+.P
 .RS 4
 .RI [ STATUS = ACTION ]
 .br
 .RI [! STATUS = ACTION ]
 .RE
-.PP
+.P
 where
-.PP
+.P
 .RS 4
 .I STATUS
 =>
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ where
 |
 .B merge
 .RE
-.PP
+.P
 The ! negates the test, matching all possible results except the
 one specified.
 The case of the keywords is not significant.
-.PP
+.P
 The
 .I STATUS
 value is matched against the result of the lookup function called by
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ This could mean a file is
 locked or a server currently cannot accept more connections.
 The default action for this condition is "continue".
 .RE
-.PP
+.P
 The
 .I ACTION
 value can be one of:
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ additionally permits special entries in corresponding files
 for granting users or members of netgroups access to the system.
 The following entries are valid in this mode:
 .RS 4
-.PP
+.P
 For
 .B passwd
 and
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Exclude all users in the given
 Include every user, except previously excluded ones, from the
 NIS passwd/shadow map.
 .RE
-.PP
+.P
 For
 .B group
 database:
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Include every group, except previously excluded ones, from the
 NIS group map.
 .RE
 .RE
-.PP
+.P
 By default, the source is "nis", but this may be
 overridden by specifying any NSS service except "compat" itself
 as the source for the pseudo-databases
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ implements "nis" source.
 implements "nisplus" source.
 .PD
 .RE
-.PP
+.P
 The following files are read when "files" source is specified
 for respective databases:
 .RS 4
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ is automatically reloaded if the file is changed.
 In earlier versions, the entire file was read only once within each process.
 If the file was later changed,
 the process would continue using the old configuration.
-.PP
+.P
 Traditionally, there was only a single source for service information,
 often in the form of a single configuration
 file (e.g., \fI/etc/passwd\fP).