Lars,
> > > For example, NIS: see #295680, which
> > > started with a misunderstanding about this. Changing the working to
> > > say
> > > something like "group information from the group database (e.g., in
> > > /etc/group, NIS, and LDAP)" in the first two paragraphs and "default
> > > group database file" in the FILES section might be good.
> >
> > Yes, I agree that a change to getgrnam.3 along these lines is
> > needed.
> >
> > Do you agree that analogous changes are also required in the
> > following pages:
> >
> > getgrnam.3
That should have read getrent.3 of course.
> > getpwent.3
> > getpwnam.3
I have changed get{pw,gr}{nam,ent}.3 along the lines you suggest,
and made some other cleanups.
> > and perhaps:
> >
> > getspnam.3
I'm not 100% sure what to do with that last page, and I'd
appreciate your input, if you have some. Can you comment on
the following paragraph from the page:
This shadow password setup has been super‐
seded by PAM (pluggable authentication modules), and the
file /etc/nsswitch.conf now describes the sources to be
used.
Is this somehow different from the passwd and group routines?
Do I need to strike the above para, or alternatively add some
text along those lines on the other 4 pages?
Cheers,
Michael
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