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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only .\" -.TH nss 5 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH nss 5 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME nss \- Name Service Switch configuration file .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Switch implementation in the GNU C library. The various services provided are implemented by independent modules, each of which naturally varies widely from the other. -.PP +.P The default implementations coming with the GNU C library are by default conservative and do not use unsafe data. This might be very costly in some situations, especially when the databases @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Some modules allow the system administrator to request taking shortcuts if these are known to be safe. It is then the system administrator's responsibility to ensure the assumption is correct. -.PP +.P There are other modules where the implementation changed over time. If an implementation used to sacrifice speed for memory consumption, it might create problems if the preference is switched. -.PP +.P The .I /etc/default/nss file contains a number of variable assignments. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ NSS modules. White spaces are ignored. Lines beginning with \[aq]#\[aq] are treated as comments. -.PP +.P The variables currently recognized are: .TP \fBNETID_AUTHORITATIVE =\fR \fITRUE\fR|\fIFALSE\fR @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ the next entry. \fI/etc/default/nss\fR .SH EXAMPLES The default configuration corresponds to the following configuration file: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX NETID_AUTHORITATIVE=FALSE |