Guard one-time initialization with memory barriers

[nss_nonlocal.git] / README

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@@ -9,17 +9,21 @@ passwd_nonlocal: hesiod
 group:          compat nonlocal
 group_nonlocal: hesiod
 
-The module also assigns special properties to two local groups, if
-they exist:
+The module also assigns special properties to two local groups and one
+local user, if they exist:
 
 • If the local group ‘nss-nonlocal-users’ exists, then nonlocal users
   will be automatically added to it.  Furthermore, if a local user is
-  added to this group, then that user will inherit any nonlocal
-  supplementary gids from a nonlocal user of the same name.
+  added to this group, then that user will inherit any nonlocal gids
+  from a nonlocal user of the same name, as supplementary gids.
 
 • If the local group ‘nss-local-users’ exists, then local users will
   be automatically added to it.
 
+• If the local user ‘nss-nonlocal-users’ is added to a local group,
+  then the local group will inherit the nonlocal membership of a group
+  of the same gid.
+
 Copyright © 2007–2010 Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu> and Tim Abbott
 <tabbott@mit.edu>