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nss_updatedb is a simple tool for dumping users and groups
from a nameservice into a local database. Along with the
pam_ccreds module, also available from PADL, this allows
for disconnected use of nameservice information.
To configure, one would typically put something like the
following in /etc/nsswitch.conf:
passwd: files ldap [NOTFOUND=return] db
group: files ldap [NOTFOUND=return] db
and then configure nss_updatedb to be run from a cron job.
The usage is:
# nss_updatedb [nameservice] [passwd|group]
If [passwd|group] is not specified, then both the passwd
and group maps will be updated.
Examples:
Update /var/lib/misc/passwd.db from LDAP:
# nss_updatedb ldap passwd
Update /var/lib/misc/passwd.db & /var/lib/misc/group.db from LDAP:
# nss_updatedb ldap
Update /var/lib/misc/group.db from NIS+:
# nss_updatedb nisplus group
The databases written out are /var/lib/misc/passwd.db and
/var/lib/misc/group.db; these are compatible with the nss_db
module distributed with the GNU C Library.
The nss_updatedb utility is distributed under the GNU General
Public License.
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