From 633445be1a9be37ae727c044417f5607706cf4ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Bercot Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:25:28 +0000 Subject: Initial commit --- README | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..afec687 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +nsssd - a secure NSS-like implementation for small libcs +-------------------------------------------------------- + + nsss is a library implementing a subset of pwd.h, group.h +and shadow.h family of functions - the subset that can use a +different backend than the standard /etc/passwd (et al.) files. +It is intended to be used with certain libcs, such as musl, that +do not implement the NSS protocol and so do not allow user/group +credentials to be stored in other databases. + + Unlike NSS, nsss does not load dynamic modules and is fully +compatible with static linking. The backend is chosen at boot time +by running the appropriate daemon that will communicate with +clients. + + See http://skarnet.org/software/nsss/ for details. + + +* Installation + ------------ + + See the INSTALL file. + + +* Contact information + ------------------- + + Laurent Bercot -- cgit v1.3.1