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diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 index 1e0ec3ce9b..7a5b744ad9 100644 --- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 +++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ nsswitch.conf \- Name Service Switch configuration file .SH DESCRIPTION The Name Service Switch (NSS) configuration file, .IR /etc/nsswitch.conf , -is used by the GNU C Library to determine +is used by the GNU C Library and certain other applications to determine the sources from which to obtain name-service information in a range of categories, and in what order. @@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ Shadow user passwords, used by .BR getspnam (3) and related functions. .LP +The GNU C Library ignores databases with unknown names. Some +applications use this to implement special handling for their own +databases. For example, +.BR sudo (8) +consults the +.B sudoers +database. +.LP Here is an example .I /etc/nsswitch.conf file: |