5 GNU Libc uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior of the C
6 library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads system data,
7 such as passwords and group information. BusyBox has made it Policy that it
8 will never use NSS, and will never use and libc calls that make use of NSS.
9 This allows you to run an embedded system without the need for installing an
10 /etc/nsswitch.conf file and without and /lib/libnss_* libraries installed.
12 If you are using a system that is using a remote LDAP server for authentication
13 via GNU libc NSS, and you want to use BusyBox, then you will need to adjust the
14 BusyBox source. Chances are though, that if you have enough space to install
15 of that stuff on your system, then you probably want the full GNU utilities.
19 textutils(1), shellutils(1), etc...
23 Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org> <andersen@lineo.com>
27 The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether
33 Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org>
35 Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the
36 core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files.
40 John Beppu <beppu@lineo.com>
42 du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq (so Kraai could rewrite them ;-),
47 Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
49 expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes
53 Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
59 Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
61 fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo
65 Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
67 more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file,
68 various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance
72 Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>
74 various fixes, shell rewrite
78 Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
80 cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c.
84 Sterling Huxley <sterling@europa.com>
90 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
96 Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
98 documentation, bugfixes
102 John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com>
108 Glenn McGrath <bug1@netconnect.com.au>
114 Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
116 cmdedit; ports: ash, stty, traceroute; locale, various fixes
117 and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect.
121 Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
123 Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps.
127 Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com>
129 wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications
133 Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
135 Lots of bugs fixes and patches.
139 Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com>
141 Remote logging feature for syslogd
145 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
147 mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix
151 Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com>
153 sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc.
157 Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
159 gzip, mini-netcat(nc)
163 Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
165 tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
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