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| -rw-r--r-- | loginutils/Config.in | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.in b/loginutils/Config.in index d24a40f..494ddbd 100644 --- a/loginutils/Config.in +++ b/loginutils/Config.in @@ -9,7 +9,23 @@ config CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP bool "Use internal password and group functions rather than system functions" default n help - Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. + If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password + and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library + (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf + configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in + order for the password and group functions to work. This generally + makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. + + Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the + system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be + smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS + works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use + PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you + want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the + /lib/libnss_* libraries. + + If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k to busybox. + config CONFIG_ADDGROUP bool "addgroup" |