Name Service Switch (NSS)

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf system library
gptkbp:allows administrators to specify order of lookup sources
gptkbp:can_resolve network protocols
services
user accounts
group information
hostnames
gptkbp:canBe editing /etc/nsswitch.conf
gptkbp:canUseSource gptkb:DNS
gptkb:LDAP
files
NIS
db
compat
gptkbp:configFile /etc/nsswitch.conf
gptkbp:extendsTo custom NSS modules
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Name Service Switch (NSS)
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:Solaris_2.0
gptkbp:partOf system authentication and name resolution infrastructure
gptkbp:provides configuration mechanism for sources of common configuration databases
gptkbp:relatedTo /etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/group
/etc/hosts
/etc/networks
/etc/services
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Linux
gptkb:Solaris
GNU C Library (glibc)
BSD variants
gptkbp:usedIn Unix-like operating systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:winbind
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7