This is not mentioned anywhere. Users can assume that the file being read is something like /etc/$DATABASE, but that's not always the case. It's better to explicitly specify which file is read for each respective database. The list of files was acquired from glibc source code. Signed-off-by: Nikola Forró <nforro@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 index 33b1c64..c990733 100644 --- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 @@ -330,6 +330,52 @@ implements "nis" source. implements "nisplus" source. .PD .RE +.LP +The following files are read when "files" source is specified +for respective databases: +.RS 4 +.TP 12 +.PD 0 +.B aliases +.I /etc/aliases +.TP +.B ethers +.I /etc/ethers +.TP +.B group +.I /etc/group +.TP +.B hosts +.I /etc/hosts +.TP +.B initgroups +.I /etc/group +.TP +.B netgroup +.I /etc/netgroup +.TP +.B networks +.I /etc/networks +.TP +.B passwd +.I /etc/passwd +.TP +.B protocols +.I /etc/protocols +.TP +.B publickey +.I /etc/publickey +.TP +.B rpc +.I /etc/rpc +.TP +.B services +.I /etc/services +.TP +.B shadow +.I /etc/shadow +.PD +.RE .SH NOTES Within each process that uses .BR nsswitch.conf , -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
