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Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/lib/libc/port/gen/getnetgrent.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/lib/libc/port/gen/getnetgrent.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/lib/libc/port/gen/getnetgrent.c b/usr/src/lib/libc/port/gen/getnetgrent.c index cae4720b81..d8d111e818 100644 --- a/usr/src/lib/libc/port/gen/getnetgrent.c +++ b/usr/src/lib/libc/port/gen/getnetgrent.c @@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ * CDDL HEADER START * * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the - * Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.0 only - * (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance - * with the License. + * Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). + * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * * You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE * or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. @@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ * CDDL HEADER END */ /* - * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. + * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. * Use is subject to license terms. */ @@ -74,10 +73,14 @@ _nss_initf_netgroup(p) * - getnetgrent(...) is repeatedly invoked by the user to extract the * contents of the entry found by setnetgrent(). * - endnetgrent() is almost like a real endXXXent routine. - * If we were certain that all the backends could provide netgroup information - * in a common form, we could make the setnetgrent() backend return the entire - * entry to the frontend, then implement getnetgrent() and endnetgrent() - * strictly in the frontend (aka here). But we're not certain, so we won't. + * The behaviour in NSS was: + * If we were certain that all the backends could provide netgroup information + * in a common form, we could make the setnetgrent() backend return the entire + * entry to the frontend, then implement getnetgrent() and endnetgrent() + * strictly in the frontend (aka here). But we're not certain, so we won't. + * In NSS2: + * Since nscd returns the results, and it is nscd that accumulates + * the results, then we can return the entire result on the setnetgrent. * * NOTE: * In the SunOS 4.x (YP) version of this code, innetgr() did not |