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1 | Source: libnss-afs |
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2 | Section: libs |
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3 | Priority: extra |
| 4 | Maintainer: Adam Megacz <megacz@hcoop.net> |
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5 | Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), libopenafs-dev, libc6-dev (>= 2.3.6) |
| 6 | Standards-Version: 3.7.2 |
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| 8 | Package: libnss-afs |
| 9 | Architecture: any |
| 10 | Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} |
| 11 | Suggests: nscd |
| 12 | Description: A NSS (Name Service Switch) module for AFS |
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13 | A Name Service Switch (NSS) plugin is a shared library used by glibc |
| 14 | to -- among other things -- translate between usernames and numeric |
| 15 | userids and between group names and numeric groupids. |
| 16 | . |
| 17 | The libnss-afs library is an NSS plugin which answers these queries |
| 18 | using the information stored in the AFS ptserver, avoiding the need to |
| 19 | duplicate (and update) this information in /etc/passwd or LDAP. The |
| 20 | library also synthesizes the name AfsPag-XXXX for the fake group ids |
| 21 | that are used to represent AFS PAGs. |
| 22 | . |
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23 | Based on libnss-ptdb by Frank Burkhardt <burk@cbs.mpg.de>. |
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24 | Based on nss_pts by Todd M. Lewis. |
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25 | . |
| 26 | You should use nscd to reduce network traffic caused by this |
| 27 | module. |
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