[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Add back support for NSS-based user/group resolution (PR #4085)

Michal Domonkos notifications at github.com
Tue Jan 27 09:06:49 UTC 2026


@dmnks commented on this pull request.



>  	the caller, such as any mounts needed for the operation inside the
 	root directory.
 
+	NSS (Name Service Switch) will _not_ be used for user and group lookups
+	in package operations. Instead, *rpm* will do its own file-based lookups
+	using the *passwd*(5) and *group*(5) files in their standard locations,
+	or those set in *rpm-config*(5), inside _DIRECTORY_. Note that, if
+	_DIRECTORY_ is _/_ (the forward slash), NSS will be used as normal.

As discussed in chat, let's skip this for now, we don't have a good place to put a general note about NSS in, and this section is just a description for `--root` and its special case for NSS.

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