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Re: nscd
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: nscd |
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Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:30:26 +0100 |
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adriano <randomlooser@riseup.net> writes:
> The "Application Setup" in the manual
> ( https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Application-Setup.html )
> suggests to run the nscd service
>
> "we strongly recommend that the system run the GNU C library’s name
> service cache daemon, nscd, which should be listening on the
> /var/run/nscd/socket socket."
>
> found such service already running on my Ubuntu installation and the
> mentioned socket is there
>
> But now I'm wondering: does the manual refer to the host distro when it
> says "the system" ?
Yes.
The reason is that nscd communicates with processes over a network
protocol, which allows binaries built with Guix to talk to user account
services on a foreign distro. Alternative account services require
loading of binary plugins, which would not be possible when these
plugins are linked with incompatible libraries.
--
Ricardo
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