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, xargs(current), httpd(current);
117 ports: ash, crond, fdisk, inetd, stty, traceroute, top;
118 locale, various fixes
119 and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect.
123 Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
125 Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps.
129 Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com>
131 wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications
135 Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
137 Lots of bugs fixes and patches.
141 Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com>
143 Remote logging feature for syslogd
147 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
149 mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix
153 Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com>
155 sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc.
159 Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
161 gzip, mini-netcat(nc)
165 Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
167 tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
171 Glenn Engel <glenne@engel.org>
177 # $Id: busybox_footer.pod,v 1.11 2003/02/10 22:53:36 bug1 Exp $