Todd Vierling writes:
> : 	hosts:		dns files
> : 	passwd:		compat
> : 	passwd_compat:	nis
> 
> Okay, that looks fine.  But shouldn't passwd read `compat files'?  (That's
> how I read the manual page's description of the sources.)

no, compat only. which man page were you reading to infer that? (i'm
just curious; if the documentation is giving you that impression then
it needs to be fixed)