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nsquery(1) -- query the Name Service Switch backend libraries
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nsquery is used to find the Name Service that returned the response to a gethostbyname(), gethostbyaddr(), getpwnam(), getpwuid(), getgrnam(), or getgrgid() function call. This application is Name Service Switch aware and follows the lookup policies in /etc/nsswitch.conf. The lookup types supported are: hosts Used to resolve host name or IP Address lookups. passwd Used to resolve user name or UID ... |
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