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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:13:49PM -0500, tednolan AT bellsouth DOT net wrote:
>Maybe an /etc/nsswitch.conf to choose the desired behavior?

Interesting idea!  I like it because it's Linux-like and potentially
useful in other situations.

cgf

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