Re: pw_class in _pw_passwd is null if __hashpw() is not called in prior

[Jacques A. Vidrine]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 10:24:01AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> Depends on what Seigo meant.  If he meant that libc.so.4 and no
> /etc/nsswitch.conf implicitly adds a "+" to the end of /etc/passwd,
> that's definitely a bug.  

If you don't have an /etc/nsswitch.conf, then it behaves just like
libc.so.3, i.e.  only the files are consulted, unless you have a '+'
entry.

> If he meant that libc.so.4 and an nsswitch.conf of "passwd: files nis"
> doesn't require a "+", that's fine.

And that is how it works if you do have an nsswitch.conf like that.
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