From 02dc2c2f14a67b719ba0eae06695a468fbb11d61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Nikola=20Forr=C3=B3?= Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:02:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] nsswitch.conf.5: add information about sss service --- man-pages/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man-pages/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man-pages/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 index 72c459e..f234249 100644 --- a/man-pages/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +++ b/man-pages/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 @@ -175,6 +175,16 @@ may be 1 for glibc 2.0, or 2 for glibc 2.1 and later. On systems with additional libraries installed, you may have access to further services such as "hesiod", "ldap", "winbind" and "wins". .LP +If System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) +is installed on your system, you can use +this service with the "sss" keyword. +SSSD supports the following databases: +.BR passwd , +.BR group , +.BR services +and +.BR netgroup . +.LP An action may also be specified following a service specification. The action modifies the behavior following a result obtained from the preceding data source. @@ -290,11 +300,15 @@ NIS passwd map. .RE .LP By default the source is "nis", but this may be -overridden by specifying "nisplus" as the source for the pseudo-databases +overridden by specifying any NSS service except "compat" itself +as the source for the pseudo-databases .BR passwd_compat , .BR group_compat , and .BR shadow_compat . +.LP +If SSSD is installed on your system, you can use "sss" as the source +for these pseudo-databases. .SH FILES A service named .I SERVICE -- 2.7.4