On 05/02/2016 01:03 PM, Marko Myllynen wrote: > Hi, > > Here's a patch to document the recently merged glibc group merge > support. Thanks, Marko. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ced8f8933673f4efda1d666d26a1a949602035ed > https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Proposals/GroupMerging > > --- > man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 > index b99f9fd..8b62796 100644 > --- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 > +++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 > @@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ where > .B return > | > .B continue > +| > +.B merge > .RE > .LP > The ! negates the test, matching all possible results except the > @@ -257,6 +259,16 @@ without affecting the search result. > .TP > .B continue > Call the next lookup function. > +.TP > +.B merge > +.I [SUCCESS=merge] > +is used between two database entries. > +When a group is located in the first of the two group entries, > +processing will continue on to the next one. > +If the group is also found in the next entry (and the group name and GID > +are an exact match), the member list of the second entry will be added > +to the group object to be returned. > +Available since glibc 2.24. > .RE > .SS Compatibility mode (compat) > The NSS "compat" service is similar to "files" except that it > > Thanks, > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
