Manual typos: System Databases and Name Service Switch
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18 #ifndef _NSSWITCH_H
19 #define _NSSWITCH_H 1
21 /* This is an *internal* header. */
23 #include <arpa/nameser.h>
24 #include <netinet/in.h>
25 #include <nss.h>
26 #include <resolv.h>
27 #include <search.h>
28 #include <dlfcn.h>
29 #include <stdbool.h>
31 /* Actions performed after lookup finished. */
32 typedef enum
34 NSS_ACTION_CONTINUE,
35 NSS_ACTION_RETURN,
36 NSS_ACTION_MERGE
37 } lookup_actions;
40 typedef struct service_library
42 /* Name of service (`files', `dns', `nis', ...). */
43 const char *name;
44 /* Pointer to the loaded shared library. */
45 void *lib_handle;
46 /* And the link to the next entry. */
47 struct service_library *next;
48 } service_library;
51 /* For mapping a function name to a function pointer. It is known in
52 nsswitch.c:nss_lookup_function that a string pointer for the lookup key
53 is the first member. */
54 typedef struct
56 const char *fct_name;
57 void *fct_ptr;
58 } known_function;
61 typedef struct service_user
63 /* And the link to the next entry. */
64 struct service_user *next;
65 /* Action according to result. */
66 lookup_actions actions[5];
67 /* Link to the underlying library object. */
68 service_library *library;
69 /* Collection of known functions. */
70 void *known;
71 /* Name of the service (`files', `dns', `nis', ...). */
72 char name[0];
73 } service_user;
75 /* To access the action based on the status value use this macro. */
76 #define nss_next_action(ni, status) ((ni)->actions[2 + status])
79 typedef struct name_database_entry
81 /* And the link to the next entry. */
82 struct name_database_entry *next;
83 /* List of service to be used. */
84 service_user *service;
85 /* Name of the database. */
86 char name[0];
87 } name_database_entry;
90 typedef struct name_database
92 /* List of all known databases. */
93 name_database_entry *entry;
94 /* List of libraries with service implementation. */
95 service_library *library;
96 } name_database;
99 /* Indices into DATABASES in nsswitch.c and __NSS_DATABASE_CUSTOM. */
100 enum
102 #define DEFINE_DATABASE(arg) NSS_DBSIDX_##arg,
103 #include "databases.def"
104 #undef DEFINE_DATABASE
105 NSS_DBSIDX_max
108 /* Flags whether custom rules for database is set. */
109 extern bool __nss_database_custom[NSS_DBSIDX_max];
111 /* Warning for NSS functions, which don't require dlopen if glibc
112 was built with --enable-static-nss. */
113 #ifdef DO_STATIC_NSS
114 # define nss_interface_function(name)
115 #else
116 # define nss_interface_function(name) static_link_warning (name)
117 #endif
120 /* Interface functions for NSS. */
122 /* Get the data structure representing the specified database.
123 If there is no configuration for this database in the file,
124 parse a service list from DEFCONFIG and use that. More
125 than one function can use the database. */
126 extern int __nss_database_lookup (const char *database,
127 const char *alternative_name,
128 const char *defconfig, service_user **ni);
129 libc_hidden_proto (__nss_database_lookup)
131 /* Put first function with name FCT_NAME for SERVICE in FCTP. The
132 position is remembered in NI. The function returns a value < 0 if
133 an error occurred or no such function exists. */
134 extern int __nss_lookup (service_user **ni, const char *fct_name,
135 const char *fct2_name, void **fctp);
136 libc_hidden_proto (__nss_lookup)
138 /* Determine the next step in the lookup process according to the
139 result STATUS of the call to the last function returned by
140 `__nss_lookup' or `__nss_next'. NI specifies the last function
141 examined. The function return a value > 0 if the process should
142 stop with the last result of the last function call to be the
143 result of the entire lookup. The returned value is 0 if there is
144 another function to use and < 0 if an error occurred.
146 If ALL_VALUES is nonzero, the return value will not be > 0 as long as
147 there is a possibility the lookup process can ever use following
148 services. In other words, only if all four lookup results have
149 the action RETURN associated the lookup process stops before the
150 natural end. */
151 extern int __nss_next2 (service_user **ni, const char *fct_name,
152 const char *fct2_name, void **fctp, int status,
153 int all_values) attribute_hidden;
154 libc_hidden_proto (__nss_next2)
155 extern int __nss_next (service_user **ni, const char *fct_name, void **fctp,
156 int status, int all_values);
158 /* Search for the service described in NI for a function named FCT_NAME
159 and return a pointer to this function if successful. */
160 extern void *__nss_lookup_function (service_user *ni, const char *fct_name);
161 libc_hidden_proto (__nss_lookup_function)
164 /* Called by NSCD to disable recursive calls and enable special handling
165 when used in nscd. */
166 struct traced_file;
167 extern void __nss_disable_nscd (void (*) (size_t, struct traced_file *));
170 typedef int (*db_lookup_function) (service_user **, const char *, const char *,
171 void **)
172 internal_function;
173 typedef enum nss_status (*setent_function) (int);
174 typedef enum nss_status (*endent_function) (void);
175 typedef enum nss_status (*getent_function) (void *, char *, size_t,
176 int *, int *);
177 typedef int (*getent_r_function) (void *, char *, size_t,
178 void **result, int *);
180 extern void __nss_setent (const char *func_name,
181 db_lookup_function lookup_fct,
182 service_user **nip, service_user **startp,
183 service_user **last_nip, int stayon,
184 int *stayon_tmp, int res);
185 extern void __nss_endent (const char *func_name,
186 db_lookup_function lookup_fct,
187 service_user **nip, service_user **startp,
188 service_user **last_nip, int res);
189 extern int __nss_getent_r (const char *getent_func_name,
190 const char *setent_func_name,
191 db_lookup_function lookup_fct,
192 service_user **nip, service_user **startp,
193 service_user **last_nip, int *stayon_tmp,
194 int res,
195 void *resbuf, char *buffer, size_t buflen,
196 void **result, int *h_errnop);
197 extern void *__nss_getent (getent_r_function func,
198 void **resbuf, char **buffer, size_t buflen,
199 size_t *buffer_size, int *h_errnop);
200 struct hostent;
201 extern int __nss_hostname_digits_dots (const char *name,
202 struct hostent *resbuf, char **buffer,
203 size_t *buffer_size, size_t buflen,
204 struct hostent **result,
205 enum nss_status *status, int af,
206 int *h_errnop);
207 libc_hidden_proto (__nss_hostname_digits_dots)
209 /* Maximum number of aliases we allow. */
210 #define MAX_NR_ALIASES 48
211 #define MAX_NR_ADDRS 48
213 #endif /* nsswitch.h */