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nsswitch.conf.5: Current glibc reloads this configuration file
authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Fri, 4 Nov 2022 17:51:36 +0000 (18:51 +0100)
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Fri, 4 Nov 2022 23:50:13 +0000 (00:50 +0100)
The implementation happened across multiple glibc commits, but the work
was completed for glibc 2.33.

Signed-off-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
man5/nsswitch.conf.5

index 098585cf10f000855332118aa2a54889b59d21e7..b4c5b865a4e3ce9efc7f31a5598cc02578e5bd86 100644 (file)
@@ -402,11 +402,13 @@ for respective databases:
 .PD
 .RE
 .SH NOTES
-Within each process that uses
-.BR nsswitch.conf ,
-the entire file is read only once.
-If the file is later changed, the
-process will continue using the old configuration.
+Starting with glibc 2.33,
+.\" https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12459
+.B nsswitch.conf
+is automatically reloaded if the file is changed.
+In earlier versions, the entire file was read only once within each process.
+If the file was later changed,
+the process would continue using the old configuration.
 .PP
 Traditionally, there was only a single source for service information,
 often in the form of a single configuration