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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Pranjal Goswami <mechanic.p@gmail.com>
Cc: Pranjal Goswami via Libc-help <libc-help@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: Need help with adding a new service to nsswitch.conf
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* Pranjal Goswami:

> I see. So we have an option of building my own NSS module outside the
> glibc build system , referencing <nss.h> and using
> NSS_DECLARE_MODULE_FUNCTIONS (secmgr) to get to the declarations for
> the plug-in functions. So it means that for writing a new module, we
> need <nss.h> and NSS_DECLARE_MODULE_FUNCTIONS (secmgr) only. There are
> no other changes to be done within the nss folder ?

With =E2=80=9Cnss folder=E2=80=9D, do you mean the =E2=80=9Dnss=E2=80=9D su=
bdirectory in the glibc
source tree?  You should not have to deal with the glibc sources at all,
you can build your NSS module separately.

Thanks,
Florian