Peter C. Norton writes:
> I think he wants to be able to add a flag, i.e. -nssvc nis, -nssvc
> dns, -nssvc 'ldap', etc. to getent that will dlopen the appropriate
> nss_blah library instead of following the lookup in nsswitch.conf so
> that the lookup to a particular database can be scripted.

Better yet, being able to specify the search order explicitly from the
command line would be extremely helpful in answering "what if?" sorts
of questions.

It sounds like part of a decent RFE to me.

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