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Eric Andersen
2003-07-15
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Document CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP
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loginutils/Config.in+17 -1
| @@ -9,7 +9,23 @@ config CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP | |
| bool "Use internal password and group functions rather than system functions" | |
| default n | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password |
| + | and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library |
| + | (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf |
| + | configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in |
| + | order for the password and group functions to work. This generally |
| + | makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. |
| + | |
| + | Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the |
| + | system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be |
| + | smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS |
| + | works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use |
| + | PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you |
| + | want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the |
| + | /lib/libnss_* libraries. |
| + | |
| + | If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k to busybox. |
| + | |
| config CONFIG_ADDGROUP | |
| bool "addgroup" | |