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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Howto determine a shared/network source of users and groups is
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* Stef Bon:

>> This seems to be something that needs FreeIPA or perhaps Kerberos
>> support, so I'd suggest to ask on those lists.
>
> That is an idea, but to begin with is there a way/tool to detect the
> sources /databases of the passwd and group in Linux? Other than
> scanning the /etc/nsswitch.conf file?
>
> So probably not.

No, I don't think so.  The LDAP integration module probably isn't even
called =E2=80=9Cldap=E2=80=9D.  For example, in Fedora and downstreams, it'=
s called
=E2=80=9Csss=E2=80=9D.

Thanks,
Florian