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confMAPDEF

Which database libraries to use Build macro

The confMAPDEF macro defines the database library support you want. The currently available choices are listed in Table 2-9. Details are given in the section indicated.

Table 2-9. Define for database support

Define	§	Alias[a]	Description
[a]
[b]
AUTO_NIS_ALIASES	AUTO_NIS_ALIASES on page 109	Yes	Add fallback alias techniques.
DNSMAP	dns on page 905	No	Support dns database maps (V8.12 and above).
HESIOD	HESIOD on page 115	Yes	Support hesiod database maps.
LDAPMAP	LDAPMAP on page 119	Yes	Enable use of ldap databases.
MAP_REGEX	MAP_REGEX on page 125	No	Enable matching to a map that is a regular expression (V8.9 and above).
MAP_NSD	-z on page 929	No	Support Adding tags to the manual on page 86 IRIX 6.5 name service maps (V8.10 and above).
NDBM	NDBM on page 125	Yes	Support Unix ndbm(3) databases.[b]
NETINFO	NETINFO on page 127	Yes	Support NeXT netinfo(3) databases.
NEWDB	NEWDB on page 128	Yes	Support db(3), both hash and btree forms.
NIS	NIS on page 128	Yes	Support nis maps.
NISPLUS	NISPLUS on page 129	Yes	Support nisplus maps.
PH_MAP	ph on page 930	No	UIUC ph database (V8.10 and above).
SOCKETMAP	SOCKETMAP on page 145	No	Use socket-based databases.
UDB_DEFAULT_SPEC	UDB_DEFAULT_SPEC on page 149	n/a	Default user database location.
USERDB	USERDB on page 150	n/a	Support the user database.
[a] If yes, this database format supports aliasing. [b] Note that the old dbm(3) form ...