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<H2><A NAME="s2">2.</A> <A HREF="pwdb.html#toc2">Configuration</A></H2>

<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1</A> <A HREF="pwdb.html#toc2.1">The configuration file</A>
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<P>Use of <CODE>libpwdb</CODE> requires the presence of a correctly formatted
configuration file: <CODE>/etc/pwdb.conf</CODE>. It has the following
syntax:</P>

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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
    #
    # first the list of user databases
    #
        user: 
                list1
                list2
                list3
                ...
    #
    # next, the list of group databases
    #
        group:
                list1
                list2
                ...
    #
    # end of file
    #
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<P>Here, <CODE>listN</CODE> has the following form
<CODE>name1+name2+name3</CODE>. It indicates a collection of databases
that are merged to form the record for the user/group.  When selecting
the default database (PWDB_DEFAULT) the library chooses the list whose
first <CODE>name</CODE>d database contains an entry for the requested
<CODE>user</CODE> (<CODE>id</CODE>). Currently, the <CODE>nameN</CODE> items are from the
following selection: <CODE>nis</CODE>, <CODE>unix</CODE>, <CODE>radius</CODE> and
<CODE>shadow</CODE>.</P>

<P>Newlines are ignored except where they terminate comments;
comments are preceded with `<CODE>#</CODE>' characters.</P>

<P>A simple example <CODE>/etc/pwdb.conf</CODE> file would be:
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<PRE>
    # This is an example /etc/pwdb.conf file. It defines the
    # database information sources for users in this system

    # First, we define where user information is stored
    # (here, users are listed in /etc/passwd and may have
    # supplementary information in the /etc/shadow file)
    # Should the user have a shadow entry the combination is
    # used

        user: 
                shadow + unix
                unix

    # Second, we define where the users' groups are listed
    # (here the groups are listed in the /etc/group file
    # in addition, there is group information to be found
    # in the /etc/sgroup file)

        group:
                unix + shadow

    #
    # end of file
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