pam_unix.so + nsswitch.conf + nis

[Dominik George]

Nothing REALLY to do with the topic, but does that mean that my
configuration with the +:::::: notation is old and should be updated?

2007/8/22, Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse.de>:
>
> 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
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