topic Re: ns-switch vs source order in ONTAP Discussions

ns-switch vs source order

netappmagic — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:33:25 GMT

I have two commands as listed below.

I thought nsswitch should define the sequene to find a object. But, why ns-switch here is empty?

Then The source order here seems like similar to what nsswitch is supposed to do. Source Order and ns-switch, what are differences?

clus::vserver services name-service*> vserver show -vserver vserver1 -fields ns-switch
vserver ns-switch
--------- ---------
vserver1 -

clus::vserver services name-service*> vserver services name-service ns-switch show -vserver vserver1
Source
Vserver Database Order
--------------- ------------ ---------
vserver1 hosts files,
dns
vserver1 group files,
ldap
vserver1 passwd files,
ldap
vserver1 netgroup files
vserver1 namemap files
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Re: ns-switch vs source order

netappmagic — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:49:49 GMT

Can somebody please pick up this question? Thanks!

Re: ns-switch vs source order

naveens17 — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:38:46 GMT

it should be listed as file or ldap

vserver services name-service*> vserver show -vserver vserver1 -fields ns-switch
vserver ns-switch
------- ---------
vserver1 file

Re: ns-switch vs source order

netappmagic — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 22:01:11 GMT

I know what should be listed.

However, why nothing has been listed there? and what problem would that cause( I hve not see issues so far)? What is the different between ns-switch and "srouce order" ( to me they are the same)?