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nsswitch.conf - configuration file for name service switch
/etc/nsswitch.conf
The name service switch configuration file contains the preferred
order in which name services will be contacted for
name resolution by the filer. For each map, the name services
to be used and the lookup order is specified in this
file. Currently three name services are supported. They are
local files in the /etc directory, NIS and DNS. The maps
or "databases" that are supported are hosts, passwd, shadows,
group and netgroups. Each line has the form:
map: order of name services
For example:
hosts: files nis dns
passwd: files nis
When trying to resolve a name, the services are contacted
one by one, as per the order specified, until the name is
successfully resolved. A name resolution failure occurs
when no service can successfully resolve the name. When
enumerating a map, enumeration happens over all the services
specified for the map.
/etc/nsswitch.conf
na_setup(1),
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