shadow-utils use nsswitch.conf for configuring delegation of subordinate uids/gids. Reference: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/3ec32f9975f262073f8fbdecd2bfaee4a1d3db48/lib/nss.c and subuid.5/subgid.5 man pages. Signed-off-by: Nikola Forró <nforro@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 index 144977d2b..56450b7f8 100644 --- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 @@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ For example, consults the .B sudoers database. +Delegation of subordinate user/group IDs +can be configured using the +.B subid +database. Refer to +.BR subuid (5) +and +.BR subgid (5) +for more details. .PP Here is an example .I /etc/nsswitch.conf -- 2.35.3
