| =back |
| |
| =head1 LIBC NSS |
| |
| GNU Libc (glibc) uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior |
| of the C library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads |
| system data, such as passwords and group information. This is implemented |
| using an /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file, and using one or more of the |
| /lib/libnss_* libraries. BusyBox tries to avoid using any libc calls that make |
| use of NSS. Some applets however, such as login and su, will use libc functions |
| that require NSS. |
| |
| If you enable CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP, BusyBox will use internal functions to |
| directly access the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files without |
| using NSS. This may allow you to run your system without the need for |
| installing any of the NSS configuration files and libraries. |
| |
| When used with glibc, the BusyBox 'networking' applets will similarly require |
| that you install at least some of the glibc NSS stuff (in particular, |
| /etc/nsswitch.conf, /lib/libnss_dns*, /lib/libnss_files*, and /lib/libresolv*). |
| |
| Shameless Plug: As an alternative, one could use a C library such as uClibc. In |
| addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not require the |
| use of any NSS support files or libraries. |
| |
| =head1 MAINTAINER |
| |
| Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> |
| |
| =head1 AUTHORS |
| |
| The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether they know it or |
| not. If you have written code included in BusyBox, you should probably be |
| listed here so you can obtain your bit of eternal glory. If you should be |
| listed here, or the description of what you have done needs more detail, or is |
| incorrect, please send in an update. |
| |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Emanuele Aina <emanuele.aina@tiscali.it> |
| run-parts |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org> |
| |
| Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the |
| core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files. |
| Lots of tedious effort writing these boring docs that |
| nobody is going to actually read. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Laurence Anderson <l.d.anderson@warwick.ac.uk> |
| |
| rpm2cpio, unzip, get_header_cpio, read_gz interface, rpm |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Jeff Angielski <jeff@theptrgroup.com> |
| |
| ftpput, ftpget |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> |
| |
| expr, hostid, logname, whoami |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| John Beppu <beppu@codepoet.org> |
| |
| du, nslookup, sort |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> |
| |
| tiny-ls(ls) |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> |
| |
| fbset, ping, hostname |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> |
| |
| more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file, |
| various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Jordan Crouse <jordan@cosmicpenguin.net> |
| |
| ipcalc |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Magnus Damm <damm@opensource.se> |
| |
| tftp client insmod powerpc support |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov> |
| |
| pristine source directory compilation, lots of patches and fixes. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Glenn Engel <glenne@engel.org> |
| |
| httpd |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Gennady Feldman <gfeldman@gena01.com> |
| |
| Sysklogd (single threaded syslogd, IPC Circular buffer support, |
| logread), various fixes. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org> |
| |
| cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> |
| |
| mktemp.c |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.cmu.edu> |
| |
| documentation, bugfixes, test suite |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Stephan Linz <linz@li-pro.net> |
| |
| ipcalc, Red Hat equivalence |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com> |
| |
| tr |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Glenn McGrath <bug1@iinet.net.au> |
| |
| Common unarchiving code and unarchiving applets, ifupdown, ftpgetput, |
| nameif, sed, patch, fold, install, uudecode. |
| Various bugfixes, review and apply numerous patches. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Manuel Novoa III <mjn3@codepoet.org> |
| |
| cat, head, mkfifo, mknod, rmdir, sleep, tee, tty, uniq, usleep, wc, yes, |
| mesg, vconfig, make_directory, parse_mode, dirname, mode_string, |
| get_last_path_component, simplify_path, and a number trivial libbb routines |
| |
| also bug fixes, partial rewrites, and size optimizations in |
| ash, basename, cal, cmp, cp, df, du, echo, env, ln, logname, md5sum, mkdir, |
| mv, realpath, rm, sort, tail, touch, uname, watch, arith, human_readable, |
| interface, dutmp, ifconfig, route |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru> |
| |
| cmdedit; xargs(current), httpd(current); |
| ports: ash, crond, fdisk, inetd, stty, traceroute, top; |
| locale, various fixes |
| and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> |
| |
| Original author of BusyBox in 1995, 1996. Some of his code can |
| still be found hiding here and there... |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org> |
| |
| bug fixes, member of fan club |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Kent Robotti <robotti@metconnect.com> |
| |
| reset, tons and tons of bug reports and patches. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com> |
| |
| wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> |
| |
| Lots of bugs fixes and patches. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com> |
| |
| Remote logging feature for syslogd |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> |
| |
| mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Mark Whitley <markw@codepoet.org> |
| |
| grep, sed, cut, xargs(previous), |
| style-guide, new-applet-HOWTO, bug fixes, etc. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com> |
| |
| gzip, mini-netcat(nc) |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> |
| |
| tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Tito Ragusa <farmatito@tiscali.it> |
| |
| devfsd and size optimizations in strings, openvt and deallocvt. |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Paul Fox <pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us> |
| |
| vi editing mode for ash, various other patches/fixes |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Roberto A. Foglietta <me@roberto.foglietta.name> |
| |
| port: dnsd |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com> |
| |
| misc |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> |
| |
| initial e2fsprogs, printenv, setarch, sum, misc |
| |
| =for html <br> |
| |
| Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com> |
| |
| fixed two bugs in msh and hush (exitcode of killed processes) |
| |
| =cut |
