Bug 1295676

Summary: Implement the sssd compat mode in nsswitch.conf man page.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Maurizio Schena <mschena>
Component: man-pages-overridesAssignee: Nikola Forró <nforro>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Iveta Wiedermann <isenfeld>
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Priority: low    
Version: 6.8CC: ashankar, bnater, cww, fweimer, isenfeld, mnewsome, mschena, ovasik, pfrankli
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ManPageChange, Patch
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: man-pages-overrides-6.9.0-1.el6 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2017-03-21 11:49:48 UTC Type: Bug
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Patch for RHEL6 version of the man page none

Description Maurizio Schena 2016-01-05 08:30:58 UTC 
Description of problem:

Would be helpful to implement a description of NSS compatibility mode in the nsswitch.conf man page as described in the following Red HAt documentation:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/Configuration_Options-NSS_Configuration_Options.html

In the paragraph " ⁠NSS Compatibility Mode".
Comment 2 Florian Weimer 2016-01-05 08:44:56 UTC 
nsswitch.conf is part of the man-pages package, therefore reassigning.

$ rpm -qf /usr/share/man/man5/nsswitch.conf.5.gz 
man-pages-3.22-20.el6.noarch
Comment 3 Nikola Forró 2016-01-19 14:02:29 UTC 
Hello,

the following patch has been sent and accepted upstream:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/msg09895.html

It should be obvious now from the manpage that any NSS service including sss can be used as the source for passwd_compat pseudo-database.

Maurizio, is this sufficient?
Comment 4 Nikola Forró 2016-11-01 13:34:50 UTC 
Created attachment 1216116 [details]
Patch for RHEL6 version of the man page
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 11:49:48 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0783.html