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Re: db of /etc/passwd and /etc/group



I'd say it is a very interesting and smart proposal.

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On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Russell Coker wrote:

> If a system contains a nsswitch.conf file similar to the snippet I've included
> below then would it be possible for utilities such as adduser, passwd, and vipw
> to run appropriate makedb commands to keep the database in sync?  Or is there
> something wrong with desiring this type of functionality?
> 
> 
> 
> # /etc/nsswitch.conf
> #
> # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
> # Information about this file is available in the `libc6-doc' package.
>  
> passwd:         db files
> group:          db files
> shadow:         db files
>  
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