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1 /* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #ifndef _NSSWITCH_H
20 #define _NSSWITCH_H 1
22 /* This is an *internal* header. */
24 #include <arpa/nameser.h>
25 #include <netinet/in.h>
26 #include <nss.h>
27 #include <resolv.h>
28 #include <search.h>
31 /* Actions performed after lookup finished. */
32 typedef enum
34 NSS_ACTION_CONTINUE,
35 NSS_ACTION_RETURN
36 } lookup_actions;
39 typedef struct service_library
41 /* Name of service (`files', `dns', `nis', ...). */
42 const char *name;
43 /* Pointer to the loaded shared library. */
44 void *lib_handle;
45 /* And the link to the next entry. */
46 struct service_library *next;
47 } service_library;
50 /* For mapping a function name to a function pointer. It is known in
51 nsswitch.c:nss_lookup_function that a string pointer for the lookup key
52 is the first member. */
53 typedef struct
55 const char *fct_name;
56 void *fct_ptr;
57 } known_function;
60 typedef struct service_user
62 /* Name of the service (`files', `dns', `nis', ...). */
63 const char *name;
64 /* Action according to result. */
65 lookup_actions actions[5];
66 /* Link to the underlying library object. */
67 service_library *library;
68 /* Collection of known functions. */
69 struct entry *known;
70 /* And the link to the next entry. */
71 struct service_user *next;
72 } service_user;
74 /* To access the action based on the status value use this macro. */
75 #define nss_next_action(ni, status) ((ni)->actions[2 + status])
78 typedef struct name_database_entry
80 /* Name of the database. */
81 const char *name;
82 /* List of service to be used. */
83 service_user *service;
84 /* And the link to the next entry. */
85 struct name_database_entry *next;
86 } name_database_entry;
89 typedef struct name_database
91 /* List of all known databases. */
92 name_database_entry *entry;
93 /* List of libraries with service implementation. */
94 service_library *library;
95 } name_database;
98 /* Interface functions for NSS. */
100 /* Get the data structure representing the specified database.
101 If there is no configuration for this database in the file,
102 parse a service list from DEFCONFIG and use that. More
103 than one function can use the database. */
104 int __nss_database_lookup (const char *database, const char *defconfig,
105 service_user **ni);
108 /* Put first function with name FCT_NAME for SERVICE in FCTP. The
109 position is remembered in NI. The function returns a value < 0 if
110 an error occured or no such function exists. */
111 int __nss_lookup (service_user **ni, const char *fct_name, void **fctp);
113 /* Determine the next step in the lookup process according to the
114 result STATUS of the call to the last function returned by
115 `__nss_lookup' or `__nss_next'. NI specifies the last function
116 examined. The function return a value > 0 if the process should
117 stop with the last result of the last function call to be the
118 result of the entire lookup. The returned valie is 0 if there is
119 another function to use and < 0 if an error occured.
121 If ALL_VALUES is nonzero, the return value will not be > 0 as long as
122 there is a possibility the lookup process can ever use following
123 services. In other words, only if all four lookup results have
124 the action RETURN associated the lookup process stops before the
125 natural end. */
126 int __nss_next (service_user **ni, const char *fct_name, void **fctp,
127 int status, int all_values);
130 #endif /* nsswitch.h */