Piotr Szczap wrote: > >>Is it possible to add a user when you are using nss-mysql? I know that > >>libnss-mysql doesn't support adding a user, but shouldn't it be possible > >>to add a user to the 'files' database? Currently I'm using a > >>nsswitch.conf file that looks like this: > >> > >>passwd: files mysql > >>group: files > >>shadow: files mysql > >> > >>and when I do useradd testuser I get a segmentation fault. Other user > >>functions (passwd for the 'files', id etc ) work ok. Any suggestions? > > > > > > The NSS modules are only used for querying a database, not for > > modifying it. Modifications to the user database are handled via PAM. > > I understand that. I would like to know if it is possible to use > nss-mysql and still be able to add users the 'normal' way, using > /etc/passwd adn shadow. I don't wan't to add users to the mysql > database, only to the 'files' database. Yes. useradd modifies the passwd and shadow files (and/or NDBM equivalents) directly. It only uses NSS for checking whether the user already exists. -- Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
