source: trunk/server/common/oursrc/nss_nonlocal/README @ 2523

This is nss_nonlocal, an nsswitch module that acts as a proxy for other 
nsswitch modules like hesiod, but prevents non-local users from 
potentially gaining local privileges by spoofing local UIDs and GIDs.

To use it, configure /etc/nsswitch.conf as follows:

passwd:         compat nonlocal
passwd_nonlocal: hesiod
group:          compat nonlocal
group_nonlocal: hesiod

The module also assigns special properties to two local groups and one
local user, if they exist:

• If the local group ‘nss-nonlocal-users’ exists, then nonlocal users
  will be automatically added to it.  Furthermore, if a local user is
  added to this group, then that user will inherit any nonlocal gids
  from a nonlocal user of the same name, as supplementary gids.

• If the local group ‘nss-local-users’ exists, then local users will
  be automatically added to it.

• If the local user ‘nss-nonlocal-users’ is added to a local group,
  then the local group will inherit the nonlocal membership of a group
  of the same gid.

Copyright © 2007–2010 Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu> and Tim Abbott
<tabbott@mit.edu>

nss_nonlocal is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.

nss_nonlocal is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with nss_nonlocal; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301  USA