2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.am b/contrib/Makefile.am
index 9ce4b019d..07cff424c 100644
--- a/contrib/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
  no_forcestart.conf \
  no_autostart_above_core.conf \
  coverage.sh \
+ nssswitch.conf \
  report.sh \
  terminate.py.in \
  gnunet_pyexpect.py.in \
diff --git a/contrib/nssswitch.conf b/contrib/nssswitch.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89af6471e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/nssswitch.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# /etc/nsswitch.conf
+# Modified to support GNUnet's GNS (.gnu, .zkey etc)
+# Compare with your distributions' "nsswitch.conf" file.
+
+passwd:      compat
+shadow:      compat
+group:       compat
+
+# passwd:    db files nis
+# shadow:    db files nis
+# group:     db files nis
+
+hosts:       files gns [NOTFOUND=return] dns
+networks:    files dns
+
+services:    db files
+protocols:   db files
+rpc:         db files
+ethers:      db files
+netmasks:    files
+netgroup:    files
+bootparams:  files
+
+automount:   files
+aliases:     files
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