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nss-wrapper

Wrapper for the user, group and hosts NSS API

There are projects that need to be able to create, modify, and delete Unix users. Others just switch user IDs to interact with the system on behalf of another user (e.g. a user space file server). To be able to test applications like these, one needs to grant privileges to modify the passwd and group files. With this package it is possible to define your own passwd and group files to be used the software while it is under test. It also allows you to create a hosts file to set up name resolution for the addresses you use with socket_wrapper. It provides the following features:

  • Provides information for user and group accounts.

  • Network name resolution using a hosts file.

  • Loading and testing of NSS modules.

Installation

Install the latest version of nss-wrapper as follows:

guix install nss-wrapper

Or install a particular version:

guix install nss-wrapper@1.1.16

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.

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