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nsswitch.conf.5: Minor fix-ups after comments from Mark Bannister 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, .\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
.\" MA 02111, USA. .\" MA 02111, USA.
.\" .\"
.TH NSSWITCH.CONF 5 2012-03-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .TH NSSWITCH.CONF 5 2012-04-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME .SH NAME
nsswitch.conf \- Name Service Switch configuration file nsswitch.conf \- Name Service Switch configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION .SH DESCRIPTION
The The Name Service Switch (NSS) configuration file,
.I /etc/nsswitch.conf .IR /etc/nsswitch.conf ,
("Name Server Switch", NSS) is used by the GNU C Library to determine
file is a configuration file used by the GNU C Library to determine
the sources from which to obtain name-service information in the sources from which to obtain name-service information in
a range of categories, a range of categories,
and in what order. and in what order.
(The "
Each category of information is identified by a database name. Each category of information is identified by a database name.
.LP .LP
The file is plain ASCII text, with columns separated by spaces or tab The file is plain ASCII text, with columns separated by spaces or tab
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ On systems with additional libraries installed, you may have access to
further services such as "hesiod", "ldap", "winbind" and "wins". further services such as "hesiod", "ldap", "winbind" and "wins".
.LP .LP
An action may also be specified following a service specification. An action may also be specified following a service specification.
The action modifies the behaviour following a result obtained The action modifies the behavior following a result obtained
from the preceding data source. from the preceding data source.
Action items take the general form: Action items take the general form:
.LP .LP
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a method was needed a method was needed
that would be more flexible than fixed search orders coded into that would be more flexible than fixed search orders coded into
the C library. the C library.
The Names Server Switch mechanism The Name Service Switch mechanism,
(based on the mechanism used by Sun Microsystems in the Solaris 2 C library) which was based on the mechanism used by
Sun Microsystems in the Solaris 2 C library,
introduced a cleaner solution to the problem. introduced a cleaner solution to the problem.
.SH SEE ALSO .SH SEE ALSO
.BR getent (1), .BR getent (1),