How to Install and Uninstall nss_wrapper Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "nss_wrapper" package

Learn how to install nss_wrapper on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                nss_wrapper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nss_wrapper" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall nss_wrapper on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                nss_wrapper
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nss_wrapper package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package nss_wrapper:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : nss_wrapper
Version : 1.1.15-3.5
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 86.3 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : nss_wrapper-1.1.15-3.5.src
Upstream URL : https://cwrap.org/
Summary : A wrapper for the user, group and hosts NSS API
Description :
There are projects which provide daemons that need to be able to create, modify
and delete Unix users, or just switch user IDs to interact with the system, e.g.
a user space file server. To be able to test that, you need the privilege to
modify the passwd and groups files. With nss_wrapper, it is possible to define
your own passwd and groups files which will be used by software to act correctly
while under test.
If you have a client and server under test, they normally use functions to
resolve network names to addresses (DNS) or vice versa. The nss_wrappers allow
you to create a hosts file to setup name resolution for the addresses you use
with socket_wrapper.
To use it, set the following environment variables:
LD_PRELOAD=libuid_wrapper.so
NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD=/path/to/passwd
NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP=/path/to/group
NSS_WRAPPER_HOSTS=/path/to/host
This package does not have a devel package, because this project is for
development/testing.