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| author | Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> | 2015-12-10 00:48:15 -0500 |
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| committer | Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> | 2015-12-10 00:48:15 -0500 |
| commit | d4e301c5c65393837e438b6d81feabfbfde7b9c7 (patch) | |
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Document best practice for disconnected NSS modules.
NSS modules which can run in disconnected modes should return NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND and SUCCESS in order to follow best practice for such modules and ensure user applications can have these modules configured without causing problems if the data sources are not connected.
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diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi index bf3e69dee5..66dcceffe0 100644 --- a/manual/nss.texi +++ b/manual/nss.texi @@ -448,6 +448,13 @@ The function should be called again with a larger buffer. @item @code{NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND} @tab @code{ENOENT} @tab The requested entry is not available. + +@item +@code{NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND} @tab + @code{SUCCESS} @tab There are no entries. +Use this to avoid returning errors for inactive services which may +be enabled at a later time. This is not the same as the service +being temporarily unavailable. @end multitable These are proposed values. There can be other error codes and the |