Re: db of /etc/passwd and /etc/group

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

> On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Russell Coker wrote:
> 
> > If a system contains a nsswitch.conf file similar to the snippet I've included
> > below then would it be possible for utilities such as adduser, passwd, and vipw
> > to run appropriate makedb commands to keep the database in sync?  Or is there
> > something wrong with desiring this type of functionality?

My question is: Does this work? And if it does work then what is the 'db'
file called?

I would really -love- to have two password files, a local one an a
replicated one ..

Jason