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John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +00003=head1 LIBC NSS
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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.
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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.
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17=head1 SEE ALSO
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19textutils(1), shellutils(1), etc...
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21=head1 MAINTAINER
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Eric Andersencb81e642003-07-14 21:21:08 +000023Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +000024
25=head1 AUTHORS
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27The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether
28they know it or not.
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Eric Andersencb81e642003-07-14 21:21:08 +000033Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +000034
35 Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the
36 core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files.
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Eric Andersencb81e642003-07-14 21:21:08 +000040John Beppu <beppu@codepoet.org>
John Beppu5d817682001-04-17 17:09:34 +000041
42 du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq (so Kraai could rewrite them ;-),
43 documentation
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John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +000047Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
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49 expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes
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John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +000053Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
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55 tiny-ls(ls)
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59Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
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61 fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo
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65Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
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67 more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file,
68 various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance
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John Beppu5d817682001-04-17 17:09:34 +000072Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>
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74 various fixes, shell rewrite
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John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +000078Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
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80 cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c.
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John Beppu5d817682001-04-17 17:09:34 +000084Sterling Huxley <sterling@europa.com>
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86 vi (!!!)
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John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +000090Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
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92 mktemp.c
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96Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
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98 documentation, bugfixes
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102John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com>
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104 dirname, tr
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108Glenn McGrath <bug1@netconnect.com.au>
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110 ar.c
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Eric Andersene5dfced2001-04-09 22:48:12 +0000114Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
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Glenn L McGrath06e95652003-02-09 06:51:14 +0000116 cmdedit, xargs(current), httpd(current);
Glenn L McGrathae494a92003-02-10 22:53:37 +0000117 ports: ash, crond, fdisk, inetd, stty, traceroute, top;
Eric Andersen08a72202002-09-30 20:52:10 +0000118 locale, various fixes
Eric Andersene5dfced2001-04-09 22:48:12 +0000119 and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect.
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John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +0000123Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
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125 Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps.
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129Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com>
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131 wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications
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135Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
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137 Lots of bugs fixes and patches.
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141Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com>
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143 Remote logging feature for syslogd
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147Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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149 mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix
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Eric Andersencb81e642003-07-14 21:21:08 +0000153Mark Whitley <markw@codepoet.org>
John Beppu5bca0af2001-04-05 19:41:23 +0000154
155 sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc.
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159Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
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161 gzip, mini-netcat(nc)
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165Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
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167 tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
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Glenn L McGrath06e95652003-02-09 06:51:14 +0000169=for html <br>
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171Glenn Engel <glenne@engel.org>
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173 httpd
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Eric Andersencb81e642003-07-14 21:21:08 +0000177# $Id: busybox_footer.pod,v 1.12 2003/07/14 21:20:48 andersen Exp $