man-pages/man-pages-5.10-subid.patch
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From: =?UTF-8?q?Nikola=20Forr=C3=B3?= <nforro@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:47:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nsswitch.conf.5: Mention subid database
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shadow-utils use nsswitch.conf for configuring delegation of subordinate
uids/gids.
Reference:
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/3ec32f9975f262073f8fbdecd2bfaee4a1d3db48/lib/nss.c
and subuid.5/subgid.5 man pages.
Signed-off-by: Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com>
---
man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
index f2eeb24..0d969c3 100644
--- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
+++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ databases. For example,
consults the
.B sudoers
database.
+Delegation of subordinate user/group IDs
+can be configured using the
+.B subid
+database. Refer to
+.BR subuid (5)
+and
+.BR subgid (5)
+for more details.
.PP
Here is an example
.I /etc/nsswitch.conf
--
2.35.3