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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-09-21 01:47:02 +0000
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1997-09-21 03:19 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * libio/libio.h: More libstdc++ cleanups. Define _IO_USE_DTOA if _G_HAVE_PRINTF_FP is not defined. * libio/strops.c: Undo patch of 1997-07-08 02:18. Must find a different solution for the problem. * misc/search.h [__USE_GNU]: Define comparison_fn_t. * stdlib/stdlib.h: Define comparison_fn_t only if __COMPAR_FN_T is not defined. Fix typo. Pretty print inline functions. * sysdeps/i386/i486/string.h (__stpcpy_small): Increment __cp not cp. Patch by HJ Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. 1997-09-20 16:45 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * hesiod/hesiod.c (hesiod_init): Use __secure_getenv to get HES_DOMAIN environment variable. Suggested by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>. * hesiod/README.hesiod: A bit of information about Hesiod and how to use it. Written by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>. 1997-09-20 05:15 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/maint.texi: Update requirement list. * io/ftw.h: Don't use parameter names from global namespace in prototypes. * stdlib/strtol.c: If used outside glibc handle broken systems which have character classification functions which are not 8-bit clean gracefully. Patch by Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>. 1997-09-19 21:42 David S. Miller <davem@tanya.rutgers.edu> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/bits/types.h: ssize_t is a long long int. 1997-09-19 15:12 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> * posix/Makefile (test-srcs): New, set to globtest. 1997-09-20 00:24 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/filesys.texi: Document ftw, nftw and needed data types. 1997-09-19 12:53 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> * sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h: Fix typo. 1997-09-19 14:11 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * io/ftwtest.c (cb): Print level. * io/ftwtest-sh: Updated for ftwtest.c change. * string/argz.h (__argz_next): Cast NULL to char * to satisfy C++ compilers. Reported by Mirko Streckenbach <mirko@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de>. * catgets/catgets.c (catopen): Correctly allocate string of nlspath. Reported by Charles C. Fu <ccwf@klab.caltech.edu>. 1997-09-18 13:30 Klaus Espenlaub <kespenla@student.informatik.uni-ulm.de> * sysdeps/i386/init-first.c: Call __getopt_clean_environment with additional argument. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/init-first.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/mips/init-first.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/init-first.c: Likewise. 1997-09-18 03:16 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/search.texi: Document lsearch, lfind, the hsearch and tsearch functions. 1997-09-18 00:04 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * misc/hsearch_r.c (hsearch_r): Only return error for ENTER action if the table is full and we *really* have to enter a new entry. 1997-09-17 19:44 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_rela): Get rid of hack for handling flush opcode. Patch by Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>.
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+The GNU C library contains an NSS module for the Hesiod name service.
+Hesiod is a general name service for a variety of applications and is
+based on the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND).
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+The Hesiod NSS module implements access to all relevant standard
+Hesiod types, which means that Hesiod can be used for the `group',
+`passwd' and `services' databases. There is however a restriction.
+In the same way that it is impossible to use `gethostent()' to iterate
+over all the data provided by DNS, it is not possible to scan the
+entire Hesiod database by means of `getgrent()', `getpwent()' and
+`getservent()'. Besides, Hesiod only provides support for looking up
+services by name and not for looking them up by port. In essence this
+means that the Hesiod name service is only consulted as a result of
+one of the following function calls:
+
+ * getgrname(), getgrgid()
+ * getpwname(), getpwuid()
+ * getservbyname()
+
+and their reentrant counterparts.
+
+
+Configuring your systems
+========================
+
+Configuring your systems to make use use the Hesiod name service
+requires one or more of the following steps, depending on whether you
+are already running Hesiod in your network.
+
+Configuring NSS
+---------------
+
+First you should modify the file `/etc/nsswitch.conf' to tell
+NSS for which database you want to use the Hesiod name service. If
+you want to use Hesiod for all databases it can handle your
+configuration file could look like this:
+
+ # /etc/nsswitch.conf
+ #
+ # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
+ #
+
+ passwd: db files hesiod
+ group: db files hesiod
+ shadow: db files
+
+ hosts: files dns
+ networks: files dns
+
+ protocols: db files
+ services: db files hesiod
+ ethers: db files
+ rpc: db files
+
+For more information on NSS, please refer to the `The GNU C Library
+Reference Manual'.
+
+
+Configuring Hesiod
+------------------
+
+Next, you will have to configure Hesiod. If you are already running
+Hesiod in your network, you probably already have a file named
+`hesiod.conf' on your machines (probably as `/etc/hesiod.conf' or
+`/usr/local/etc/hesiod.conf'). The Hesiod NSS module expects this
+file to be found in the sysconfdir (`/usr/local/etc/hesiod.conf' by
+default, see the installation notes on how to change this) or in the
+location specified by the environment variable `HESIOD_CONFIG'. If
+there is no configuration file you will want to create your own. It
+should look something like:
+
+ rhs=.your.domain
+ lhs=.ns
+
+The value of rhs can be overridden by the environment variable
+HES_DOMAIN.
+
+Configuring your name servers
+-----------------------------
+
+In addition, if you are not already running Hesiod in your network,
+you need to create Hesiod information on your central name servers.
+You need to run `named' from BIND 4.9 or higher on these servers, and
+make them authoritative for the domain `ns.your.domain' with a line in
+`/etc/named.boot' reading something like:
+
+ primary ns.your.domain named.hesiod
+
+or if you are using the new BIND 8.1 or higher add something to
+`/etc/named.conf' like:
+
+ zone "ns.your.domain" {
+ type master;
+ file "named.hesiod";
+ };
+
+Then in the BIND working directory (usually `/var/named') create the
+file `named.hesiod' containing data that looks something like:
+
+ ; SOA and NS records.
+ @ IN SOA server1.your.domain admin-address.your.domain (
+ 40000 ; serial - database version number
+ 1800 ; refresh - sec servers
+ 300 ; retry - for refresh
+ 3600000 ; expire - unrefreshed data
+ 7200 ) ; min
+ NS server1.your.domain
+ NS server2.your.domain
+
+ ; Actual Hesiod data.
+ libc.group TXT "libc:*:123:gnu,gnat"
+ 123.gid CNAME libc.group
+ gnu.passwd TXT "gnu:*:4567:123:GNU:/home/gnu:/bin/bash"
+ 456.uid CNAME mark.passwd
+ nss.service TXT "nss;tcp;789;switch sw "
+ nss.service TXT "nss;udp;789;switch sw"
+
+where `libc' is an example of a group, `gnu' an example of an user,
+and `nss' an example of a service. Note that the format used to
+describe services differs from the format used in `/etc/services'.
+For more information on `named' refer to the `Name Server Operations
+Guide for BIND' that is included in the BIND distribution.
+
+
+Security
+========
+
+Note that the information stored in the Hesiod database in principle
+is publicly available. Care should be taken with including vulnerable
+information like encrypted passwords in the Hesiod database. There
+are some ways to improve security by using features provided by
+`named' (see the discussion about `secure zones' in the BIND
+documentation), but one should keep in mind that Hesiod was never
+intended to distribute passwords. In the origional design
+authenticating users was the job of the Kerberos service.
+
+
+More information
+================
+
+For more information on the Hesiod name service take a look at some of
+the papers in ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu:/pub/ATHENA/usenix and the
+documentation that accompanies the source code for the Hesiod name
+service library in ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu:/pub/ATHENA/hesiod.
+
+There is a mailing list at MIT for Hesiod users, hesiod@mit.edu. To
+get yourself on or off the list, send mail to hesiod-request@mit.edu.