Bug 3958

Summary:	/etc/nsswitch.conf broken for "services"
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	wingc
Component:	glibc	Assignee:	Cristian Gafton <gafton>
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Description wingc 1999-07-09 04:46:23 UTC

The default configuration for "services" in
/etc/nsswitch.conf is:

services:   nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files

Obviously, this breaks any program that wants to use
getservbyname() if you are not running NIS.

Kerberos 4 in particular generates annoying error messages
with this configuration.

You should ship /etc/nsswitch.conf with the following
default, or something similar:

services:   files


Thanks,

Chris Wing
wingc.edu

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 1999-08-02 22:12:59 UTC

Foxed in glibc-2.1.2-3 and later, in rawhide shortly