X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fbusybox_footer.pod;h=c346c736be4379152ca18e38c6e60a4d4f4adcc2;hb=46031da862a60422f80050a905cea0b67026b021;hp=4f1058573540f945bba1ae08e05df1fbb9b9ef4f;hpb=fbcf06d2960f8f0959aac71d0fad8d9ab446b439;p=oweals%2Fbusybox.git diff --git a/docs/busybox_footer.pod b/docs/busybox_footer.pod index 4f1058573..c346c736b 100644 --- a/docs/busybox_footer.pod +++ b/docs/busybox_footer.pod @@ -1,34 +1,78 @@ =back +=head1 LIBC NSS + +GNU Libc (glibc) uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior +of the C library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads +system data, such as passwords and group information. This is implemented +using an /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file, and using one or more of the +/lib/libnss_* libraries. BusyBox tries to avoid using any libc calls that make +use of NSS. Some applets however, such as login and su, will use libc functions +that require NSS. + +If you enable CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP, BusyBox will use internal functions to +directly access the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files without +using NSS. This may allow you to run your system without the need for +installing any of the NSS configuration files and libraries. + +When used with glibc, the BusyBox 'networking' applets will similarly require +that you install at least some of the glibc NSS stuff (in particular, +/etc/nsswitch.conf, /lib/libnss_dns*, /lib/libnss_files*, and /lib/libresolv*). + +Shameless Plug: As an alternative, one could use a C library such as uClibc. In +addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not require the +use of any NSS support files or libraries. + =head1 MAINTAINER -Erik Andersen +Denis Vlasenko =head1 AUTHORS -The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether -they know it or not. +The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether they know it or +not. If you have written code included in BusyBox, you should probably be +listed here so you can obtain your bit of eternal glory. If you should be +listed here, or the description of what you have done needs more detail, or is +incorrect, please send in an update. +=for html
+ +Emanuele Aina + run-parts + =for html
Erik Andersen Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files. + Lots of tedious effort writing these boring docs that + nobody is going to actually read. =for html
-John Beppu +Laurence Anderson - du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq (so Kraai could rewrite them ;-), - documentation + rpm2cpio, unzip, get_header_cpio, read_gz interface, rpm + +=for html
+ +Jeff Angielski + + ftpput, ftpget =for html
Edward Betts - expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes + expr, hostid, logname, whoami + +=for html
+ +John Beppu + + du, nslookup, sort =for html
@@ -40,31 +84,51 @@ Brian Candler Randolph Chung - fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo + fbset, ping, hostname =for html
Dave Cinege - more(v2), makedevs, modularization, various fixes + more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file, + various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance + +=for html
+ +Jordan Crouse + + ipcalc + +=for html
+ +Magnus Damm + + tftp client insmod powerpc support =for html
Larry Doolittle - various fixes, shell rewrite + pristine source directory compilation, lots of patches and fixes. =for html
-Karl M. Hegbloom +Glenn Engel - cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c. + httpd =for html
-Sterling Huxley +Gennady Feldman - vi (!!!) + Sysklogd (single threaded syslogd, IPC Circular buffer support, + logread), various fixes. + +=for html
+ +Karl M. Hegbloom + + cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c. =for html
@@ -74,27 +138,48 @@ Daniel Jacobowitz =for html
-Matt Kraai +Matt Kraai - documentation, bugfixes + documentation, bugfixes, test suite + +=for html
+ +Stephan Linz + + ipcalc, Red Hat equivalence =for html
John Lombardo - dirname, tr + tr + +=for html
+ +Glenn McGrath + + Common unarchiving code and unarchiving applets, ifupdown, ftpgetput, + nameif, sed, patch, fold, install, uudecode. + Various bugfixes, review and apply numerous patches. =for html
-Glenn McGrath +Manuel Novoa III + + cat, head, mkfifo, mknod, rmdir, sleep, tee, tty, uniq, usleep, wc, yes, + mesg, vconfig, make_directory, parse_mode, dirname, mode_string, + get_last_path_component, simplify_path, and a number trivial libbb routines - ar.c + also bug fixes, partial rewrites, and size optimizations in + ash, basename, cal, cmp, cp, df, du, echo, env, ln, logname, md5sum, mkdir, + mv, realpath, rm, sort, tail, touch, uname, watch, arith, human_readable, + interface, dutmp, ifconfig, route =for html
Vladimir Oleynik - cmdedit, xargs(current), httpd(current); + cmdedit; xargs(current), httpd(current); ports: ash, crond, fdisk, inetd, stty, traceroute, top; locale, various fixes and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect. @@ -103,7 +188,20 @@ Vladimir Oleynik Bruce Perens - Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps. + Original author of BusyBox in 1995, 1996. Some of his code can + still be found hiding here and there... + +=for html
+ +Tim Riker + + bug fixes, member of fan club + +=for html
+ +Kent Robotti + + reset, tons and tons of bug reports and patches. =for html
@@ -133,7 +231,8 @@ Linus Torvalds Mark Whitley - sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc. + grep, sed, cut, xargs(previous), + style-guide, new-applet-HOWTO, bug fixes, etc. =for html
@@ -149,10 +248,38 @@ Enrique Zanardi =for html
-Glenn Engel +Tito Ragusa - httpd + devfsd and size optimizations in strings, openvt and deallocvt. -=cut +=for html
-# $Id: busybox_footer.pod,v 1.14 2004/03/27 09:40:15 andersen Exp $ +Paul Fox + + vi editing mode for ash, various other patches/fixes + +=for html
+ +Roberto A. Foglietta + + port: dnsd + +=for html
+ +Bernhard Reutner-Fischer + + misc + +=for html
+ +Mike Frysinger + + initial e2fsprogs, printenv, setarch, sum, misc + +=for html
+ +Jie Zhang + + fixed two bugs in msh and hush (exitcode of killed processes) + +=cut