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diff --git a/doc/libnsss/index.html b/doc/libnsss/index.html index 3514c42..bbe5029 100644 --- a/doc/libnsss/index.html +++ b/doc/libnsss/index.html @@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ the other functions will be aliased similarly. </p> <p> + <tt>pwd.h</tt> can be found in the <tt>nsss/</tt> subdirectory of +the header installation directory; if the <tt>--enable-libc-includes</tt> +option has been given to configure, it can also be found directly +in that directory. (Example: <tt>/usr/include/nsss/pwd.h</tt> is +always installed, but if the option has been given at nsss build time, +<tt>/usr/include/pwd.h</tt> is also installed and replaces the +version provided by the libc.) This also applies to the <tt>grp.h</tt> +and <tt>shadow.h</tt> files. +</p> + +<p> If the NSSS_DISABLE_SWITCH macro is defined before inclusion of the nsss headers, then <tt>getpwnam()</tt> will be aliased to <tt>nsss_unix_getpwnam()</tt> instead, and the other functions will @@ -121,9 +132,17 @@ functions will follow the same pattern. are visible in your header search path. </li> <li> Use <tt>#include <nsss/nsss.h></tt> </li> <li> To use the standard <tt>pwd.h</tt> interface, you can -just <tt>#include <pwd.h></tt>, which will work as long -as the <tt>nsss/pwd.h</tt> header is accessible in your header -search path. </li> +just <tt>#include <pwd.h></tt>, which will work: + <ul> + <li> either if the <tt>--enable-libc-includes</tt> option +has been given at nsss build time </li> + <li> or if you give the <tt>-I/usr/include/nsss</tt> option +to your compiler. (Depending on your standard header location, +specify that the header search path should include the +<tt>nsss</tt> subdirectory of that location.) This is useful when +the administrator did not want to overwrite the libc-provided +<tt>pwd.h</tt> file when they installed nsss. </li> + </ul> </li> <li> Same thing for <tt>grp.h</tt> and <tt>shadow.h</tt>. </li> <li> If don't want to use the nsss-all implementation of "try nsss-switch and fall back to nsss-unix if it fails", then |