3 GNU Libc uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior of the C
4 library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads system data,
5 such as passwords and group information. BusyBox has made it Policy that it
6 will never use NSS, and will never use and libc calls that make use of NSS.
7 This allows you to run an embedded system without the need for installing an
8 /etc/nsswitch.conf file and without and /lib/libnss_* libraries installed.
10 If you are using a system that is using a remote LDAP server for authentication
11 via GNU libc NSS, and you want to use BusyBox, then you will need to adjust the
12 BusyBox source. Chances are though, that if you have enough space to install
13 of that stuff on your system, then you probably want the full GNU utilities.
17 textutils(1), shellutils(1), etc...
21 Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org> <andersen@lineo.com>
25 The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether
31 Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org>
33 Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the
34 core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files.
38 Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
40 expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes
44 John Beppu <beppu@lineo.com>
46 du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq
50 Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
56 Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
58 fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo
62 Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
64 more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file,
65 various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance
69 Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
71 cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c.
75 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
81 Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
83 documentation, bugfixes
87 John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com>
93 Glenn McGrath <bug1@netconnect.com.au>
99 Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
101 Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps.
105 Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com>
107 wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications
111 Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
113 Lots of bugs fixes and patches.
117 Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com>
119 Remote logging feature for syslogd
123 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
125 mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix
129 Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com>
131 sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc.
135 Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
137 gzip, mini-netcat(nc)
141 Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
143 tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
147 # $Id: busybox_footer.pod,v 1.1 2001/04/05 19:41:23 beppu Exp $