nss(4) File Formats nss(4)NAMEnss - configuration file for initgroups
SYNOPSIS
/etc/default/nss
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/default/nss configuration file provides methods for init‐
groups(3C) lookup method. The file also provides a method to disable
address sorting by name lookup functions. The file controls the behav‐
ior of the name service switch routines outside of the source database
mappings provided by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
/etc/default/nss supports the following options:
NETID_AUTHORITATIVE Changes the behavior of the name service lookups
to use the netid table in response to the init‐
groups() call. By default, initgroups() uses the
group table. When NETID_AUTHORITATIVE is set to
TRUE, initgroups() uses netid as the source for
supplementary groups rather than the group ta‐
ble.
The name service administrator must ensure that
the netid table contains valid supplementary
group information for users. Not all name ser‐
vices can automatically keep the members listed
in the group table in sync with the netid table.
SORT_ADDRS If this option is set to FALSE, the sorting of
addresses is disabled on addresses that are
returned by name lookup functions such as init‐
groups(), gethostbyname(3NSL), netdir_getby‐
name(3NSL), getaddrinfo(3SOCKET), and getipnode‐
byname(3SOCKET). Setting this option to FALSE is
useful when the order of addresses returned by
the nameserver needs to be maintained. To use
the DNS round robin feature, for example,
address sorting by name lookup functions should
be disabled.
By default, address sorting is enabled.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWcs │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOgetaddrinfo(3SOCKET), gethostbyname(3NSL), getipnodebyname(3SOCKET),
initgroups(3C), netdir_getbyname(3NSL), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 10 Dec 2009 nss(4)
