Subject: Re: nsswitch
To: None <lukem@netbsd.org>
From: Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/03/2003 19:11:43
In message <20030603092631.GU871@mewburn.net>
	on Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:26:31 +1000,
	Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org> wrote:
>   | Is there any way to add 3rd party name service with our nsswitch?
> 
> A new back-end, such as "oracle" or "nisplus"?  Sure; nsswitch was
> designed with this flexibility from the start (unlike IRS).
Yes.  But I just mean none-recompile way.

> At the moment, you need to recompile it into libc, but I have plans
> to support dynamic loading of back-ends (e.g, /lib/nss/libdns.so).
> FreeBSD has some support for this already, and I'm communicating with
> the primary author of those enhancements.
I see and I feel easy now.

Thaks for your quick reply.

-- 
Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>