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author | John Beppu <beppu@lbox.org> | 2001-04-05 23:41:23 +0400 |
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committer | John Beppu <beppu@lbox.org> | 2001-04-05 23:41:23 +0400 |
commit | 5bca0afb319688577437ae7a291151131c53c04f (patch) | |
tree | 9d18eece3754ce60d692079f8142dc481d349315 /docs/busybox_footer.pod | |
parent | 9a1395b9fd8f07c36ac87c23928244b7a2d6ac72 (diff) |
- split busybox.pod into a header and footer.
the body will be generated by docs/autodocifier.pl
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diff --git a/docs/busybox_footer.pod b/docs/busybox_footer.pod new file mode 100644 index 000000000..961f027cd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/busybox_footer.pod @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +=head1 LIBC NSS + +GNU Libc 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. BusyBox has made it Policy that it +will never use NSS, and will never use and libc calls that make use of NSS. +This allows you to run an embedded system without the need for installing an +/etc/nsswitch.conf file and without and /lib/libnss_* libraries installed. + +If you are using a system that is using a remote LDAP server for authentication +via GNU libc NSS, and you want to use BusyBox, then you will need to adjust the +BusyBox source. Chances are though, that if you have enough space to install +of that stuff on your system, then you probably want the full GNU utilities. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +textutils(1), shellutils(1), etc... + +=head1 MAINTAINER + +Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org> <andersen@lineo.com> + +=head1 AUTHORS + +The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether +they know it or not. + + +=for html <br> + +Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org> + + Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the + core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files. + +=for html <br> + +Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> + + expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes + +=for html <br> + +John Beppu <beppu@lineo.com> + + du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq + +=for html <br> + +Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> + + tiny-ls(ls) + +=for html <br> + +Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> + + fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo + +=for html <br> + +Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> + + more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file, + various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance + +=for html <br> + +Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org> + + cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c. + +=for html <br> + +Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> + + mktemp.c + +=for html <br> + +Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu> + + documentation, bugfixes + +=for html <br> + +John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com> + + dirname, tr + +=for html <br> + +Glenn McGrath <bug1@netconnect.com.au> + + ar.c + +=for html <br> + +Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> + + Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps. + +=for html <br> + +Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com> + + wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications + +=for html <br> + +Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> + + Lots of bugs fixes and patches. + +=for html <br> + +Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com> + + Remote logging feature for syslogd + +=for html <br> + +Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> + + mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix + +=for html <br> + +Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com> + + sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc. + +=for html <br> + +Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com> + + gzip, mini-netcat(nc) + +=for html <br> + +Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> + + tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance + +=cut + +# $Id: busybox_footer.pod,v 1.1 2001/04/05 19:41:23 beppu Exp $ |