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The databases available for configuration within the NSS are:
* aliases: Mail aliases
* ethers: Ethernet numbers,
-* group: Groups of users, see section 29.14 Group Database.
-* hosts: Host names and numbers, see section 16.6.2.4 Host Names
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-* netgroup: Network wide list of host and users, see section 29.16 Netgroup Database.
-* networks: Network names and numbers, see section 16.13 Networks Database.
-* protocols: Network protocols, see section 16.6.6 Protocols Database.
-* passwd: User passwords, see section 29.13 User Database.
+* group: Groups of users
+* hosts: Host names and numbers.
+* netgroup: Network wide list of host and users
+* networks: Network names and numbers
+* protocols: Network protocols
+* passwd: User passwords
* rpc: Remote procedure call names and numbers,
-* services: Network services, see section 16.6.4 The Services Database.
+* services: Network services
* shadow: Shadow user passwords
Most of these databases are normally only configured for flatfile access: protocols and services, for example, look up only in /etc/protocols and /etc/services. You could serve these from LDAP, or from a DBM file, or from an SQL database, or so on.
See http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/glibc/libc_591.html for more information on the glibc [NSS]
