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3=head1 LIBC NSS
4
5GNU Libc uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior of the C
6library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads system data,
7such as passwords and group information.  BusyBox has made it Policy that it
8will never use NSS, and will never use and libc calls that make use of NSS.
9This allows you to run an embedded system without the need for installing an
10/etc/nsswitch.conf file and without and /lib/libnss_* libraries installed.
11
12If you are using a system that is using a remote LDAP server for authentication
13via GNU libc NSS, and you want to use BusyBox, then you will need to adjust the
14BusyBox source.  Chances are though, that if you have enough space to install
15of that stuff on your system, then you probably want the full GNU utilities.
16
17=head1 SEE ALSO
18
19textutils(1), shellutils(1), etc...
20
21=head1 MAINTAINER
22
23Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org> <andersen@lineo.com>
24
25=head1 AUTHORS
26
27The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether
28they know it or not.
29
30
31=for html <br>
32
33Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org>
34
35    Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the
36    core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files.
37
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39
40John Beppu <beppu@lineo.com>
41
42    du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq (so Kraai could rewrite them ;-),
43    documentation
44
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46
47Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
48
49    expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes
50 
51=for html <br>
52
53Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
54
55    tiny-ls(ls)
56
57=for html <br>
58
59Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
60
61    fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo
62
63=for html <br>
64
65Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>	
66
67    more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file, 
68    various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance
69
70=for html <br>
71
72Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>
73
74    various fixes, shell rewrite
75
76=for html <br>
77
78Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
79
80    cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c.
81
82=for html <br>
83
84Sterling Huxley <sterling@europa.com>
85
86    vi (!!!)
87
88=for html <br>
89
90Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
91
92    mktemp.c
93
94=for html <br>
95
96Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
97
98    documentation, bugfixes
99
100=for html <br>
101
102John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com>	
103
104    dirname, tr
105
106=for html <br>
107
108Glenn McGrath <bug1@netconnect.com.au>
109
110    ar.c
111
112=for html <br>
113
114Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
115
116    cmdedit, stty-port, locale, various fixes 
117    and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect.
118
119=for html <br>
120
121Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
122
123    Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps.
124
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126
127Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com>
128
129    wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications
130
131=for html <br>
132
133Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
134
135    Lots of bugs fixes and patches.
136
137=for html <br>
138
139Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com>
140
141    Remote logging feature for syslogd
142
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144
145Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
146
147    mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix
148
149=for html <br>
150
151Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com>
152
153    sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc.
154
155=for html <br>
156
157Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
158
159    gzip, mini-netcat(nc)
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161=for html <br>
162
163Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
164
165    tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
166
167=cut
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