Nothing REALLY to do with the topic, but does that mean that my configuration with the +:::::: notation is old and should be updated? <div>2007/8/22, Thorsten Kukuk <<a href="mailto:kukuk@suse.de"> kukuk@suse.de</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Wed, Aug 22, Vassilis Vatikiotis wrote: > The +::::: notation in passwd/shadow filesis used when the 'compat' > option is used in nsswitch.conf, and I haven't used any 'compat' option > in nsswitch nor the +/- compatibility notation in passwd and shadow files. > > It's not needed anyway since glibc supports NIS lookups. The compat > option was used when libc5 without NYS support was used in linux, maybe > a decade ago or something like that. You are mixing two different things which have nothing to do together. libc5 wihtout NYS did not even have a /etc/nsswitch.conf. And the compat option is not for NIS lookups, it works with every other service, too. What you mean is, that the +::::: notation in passwd/shadow files was used in libc5 without NYS to support NIS, but neither the +:::: notation nor the compat option is superfluous today. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager/Release Manager SLES SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Pam-list@redhat.com">Pam-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list </a> </blockquote></div>