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diff --git a/doc/nsssd-switch.html b/doc/nsssd-switch.html index 3b86f1a..462b445 100644 --- a/doc/nsssd-switch.html +++ b/doc/nsssd-switch.html @@ -29,10 +29,21 @@ the <a href="libnsss/nsss-switch.html">nsss-switch</a> functions. The <tt>nsssd-switch</tt> backend is the real point of the <a href="index.html">nsss</a> package: it allows a complex configuration using different other backends, similarly to the <a href="nsswitch.html">/etc/nsswitch.conf</a> mechanism -but without its drawbacks. It accomplishes this by reading its backend -configuration on the command line. +but without its drawbacks: </p> +<ul> + <li> Backends that access the user/group/shadow databases are not implemented +via dynamically loaded shared libraries, but executables that are spawned by +<tt>nsssd-switch</tt>. The executables use the same protocol as <tt>nsssd-switch</tt> +itself, so the provided <a href="nsssd-unix.html">nsssd-unix</a> and +<a href="nsssd-nslcd.html">nsssd-nslcd</a> programs can be used as backends. </li> + <li> No configuration file is needed, so no parsing is necessary. Backends +are sequentially listed on the <tt>nsssd-switch</tt> command line, along with +a single argument telling <tt>nsssd-switch</tt> what to do in case of failure. +This makes the decision automaton very simple. </li> +</ul> + <h2> Interface </h2> <pre> |