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Re: getent not working on nss db passwd files:

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: Tjernlund <tjernlund at tjernlund dot se>
Cc: libc-help at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:18:02 -0400
Subject: Re: getent not working on nss db passwd files:
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References: <1440528236 dot 3436 dot 8 dot camel at tjernlund dot se>

On 25 Aug 2015 20:43, Tjernlund wrote:
> # > echo "clue:x:1005:987:added by portage for clue:/var/tmp:/sbin/nologin" | makedb  -o passwd.db  -
> ...
> I am doing something wrong or is it an bug?

you're using makedb incorrectly.  look at /var/db/Makefile to see how to
process the passwd entries in a way that the makedb tool expects.

makedb itself could probably be better wrt error reporting/documentation ...
-mike

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