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diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi index ba333e02aa..0ed50afe7a 100644 --- a/manual/nss.texi +++ b/manual/nss.texi @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ The databases available in the NSS are @cindex services @cindex shadow @vtable @code +@item aliases +Mail aliases +@comment @pxref{Mail Aliases}. @item ethers Ethernet numbers, @comment @pxref{Ethernet Numbers}. @@ -94,8 +97,8 @@ Shadow user passwords, @end vtable @noindent -There will be some more added later (@code{aliases}, @code{automount}, -@code{bootparams}, @code{netmasks}, and @code{publickey}). +There will be some more added later (@code{automount}, @code{bootparams}, +@code{netmasks}, and @code{publickey}). @node NSS Configuration File, NSS Module Internals, NSS Basics, Name Service Switch @section The NSS Configuration File @@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ different items: @item the service specification like @code{files}, @code{db}, or @code{nis}. @item -the reaction on lookup result line @code{[NOTFOUND=return]}. +the reaction on lookup result like @code{[NOTFOUND=return]}. @end itemize @menu @@ -346,8 +349,9 @@ functions. I.e., if the user would call the @code{gethostbyname_r} function this also would end in the above function. For all user interface functions the C library maps this call to a call to the reentrant function. For reentrant functions this is trivial since the -interface is (nearly) the same. For the non-reentrant version pointers -to static buffers are used to replace the user supplied buffers. +interface is (nearly) the same. For the non-reentrant version The +library keeps internal buffers which are used to replace the user +supplied buffer. I.e., the reentrant functions @emph{can} have counterparts. No service module is forced to have functions for all databases and all kinds to @@ -399,9 +403,9 @@ enum nss_status _nss_files_gethostbyname_r (const char *name, @end smallexample I.e., the interface function is in fact the reentrant function with the -change of the return value. While the user-level function returns a -pointer to the result the reentrant function return an @code{enum -nss_status} value: +change of the return value and the omission of the @var{result} +parameter. While the user-level function returns a pointer to the +result the reentrant function return an @code{enum nss_status} value: @vindex NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN @vindex NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL @@ -458,13 +462,13 @@ function; the next three arguments are: @table @code -@item STRUCT_TYPE result_buf +@item STRUCT_TYPE *result_buf pointer to buffer where the result is stored. @code{STRUCT_TYPE} is normally a struct which corresponds to the database. @item char *buffer pointer to a buffer where the function can store additional adata for the result etc. -@item int buflen +@item size_t buflen length of the buffer pointed to by @var{buffer}. @end table |