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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2002-11-19 08:28:17 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2002-11-19 08:28:17 +0000
commit04ff63f0f8db73f148b7c7560f037f8a422a0f97 (patch)
treecf242ab51f0696fb1a6380db72789fcebec85ce7
parent98fd3d6c507aa88304dea4c49a9d6c179399d427 (diff)
Update verbage regarding NIS
-rw-r--r--docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt b/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt
index 2a36be939..e0e1e6af4 100644
--- a/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt
+++ b/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt
@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@ authentication information.
provided by glibc's libresolv is provided internal to uClibc. Other functions
are not at all implemented.
-8) uClibc does not provide libnsl.so.1, and has no support for Network
-Information Service (NIS). We therefore, also do not provide any of the
-headers files provided by glibc under /usr/include/rpcsvc.
+8) libnsl provides support for Network Information Service (NIS) which was
+originally called "Yellow Pages" or "YP"), which is an extension of RPC
+invented by Sun to share Unix password files over the network. I personally
+think NIS is an evil abomination, and should be avoided. These days, using
+ldap is much more effective mechanism for doing the same thing. uClibc does
+not provide libnsl.so.1, and has no support for Network Information Service
+(NIS). We therefore, also do not provide any of the headers files provided by
+glibc under /usr/include/rpcsvc. I am open to implementing ldap based
+password authentication, but I do not personally intend to implement it (since
+I have no use for it).
9) uClibc's locale support is not 100% complete yet. We are working on it.