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Determine which name service created entry in database (eg passwd)?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 2 down vote favorite On Linux and Unix-like systems the Name Service Switch is used to gather entries for the systems name databases. There are databases such as files, dns, nis and ldap. Is it possible to determine for a given user which service was used to add that entry? Must further information be gathered from the respective tools for those services or is there a standard set of information NSS gathers besides just a name? Further how does PAM get credentials from NSS? Is it just the username? Is NSS used when PAM is authenticating over ldap? Does PAM call back to NSS? Is PAM even used in LSAP or other networked logins? Can NSS be bypassed for some other system or is it heavily baked into the kernel? linux pam ldap nsswitch share | improve this question asked Nov 17 '17 at 18:34 jdwolf 2,392 1 16 add a comment  |  up vote 2 down vote favorite On Linux and Unix-lik...

How to know if a mysql user has all (or some) privileges on a certain DB?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 1 down vote favorite How to know if a mysql user has all (or some) privileges on a certain DB? Of course, I don't ask how to do so with phpmyadmin, rather, with the mysql CLI . I aim to gather as much as basic data on a certain user but the most important for me is to understand the degree this user is associated with the given database (which has the exact same name as the user name, in this case - both the user and the db, are called test ). Edit for PuzzledCuber: That's my output for show grants for 'test'@'%'; : +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Grants for test@localhost | +--------------------------------------------------------+ | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'test'@'localhost' | | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `test`.* TO 'test'@'localhost' | +--------------------------------------------------------+ Why is the second row (GRANT ALL...) different than the fir...

What package do I need to install to get PDF support in the Lyx document processor?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 1 down vote favorite I don't have PDF preview or export options available in Lyx. I'm using Linux Mint 17.3, with Mate. What package do I need to install to get the export as pdf option in Lyx? linux-mint pdf mate lyx share | improve this question asked Nov 17 '17 at 18:59 Nick 361 1 8 20 That's the answer, can't accept though because it's posted as a comment! – Nick Nov 18 '17 at 2:27 add a comment  |  up vote 1 down vote favorite I don't have PDF preview or export options available in Lyx. I'm using Linux Mint 17.3, with Mate. What package do I need to install to get the export as pdf option in Lyx? linux-mint pdf mate lyx share | improve this question asked Nov 17 '17 at 18:59 Nick 361 1 8 20 That's the answer, can't accept though because it's posted as a comment! –Â...