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[Bug libc/11257] New: need finer control of group unioning in /etc/nsswitch.conf
- From: "tutufan at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 6 Feb 2010 14:52:04 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/11257] New: need finer control of group unioning in /etc/nsswitch.conf
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
This is a feature request more than a bug. It appears that /etc/nsswitch.conf
generally allows one to specify which sources of user information shadow others,
but this doesn't really work for group information. That is, if I say "passwd:
files winbind", user 'foo' in files completely shadows any user 'foo' in
winbind, as far as passwd information goes.
But, if I say "group: files winbind", it appears that both files and winbind are
used to determine the set of secondary groups for a user.
What I would like is a way to say that if a user is found in the first source
(files) that *only* that source will be used for group information, and that
nothing will come from the later source (winbind in this example).
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Summary: need finer control of group unioning in
/etc/nsswitch.conf
Product: glibc
Version: 2.10
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: libc
AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
ReportedBy: tutufan at gmail dot com
CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11257
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