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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 32eb9035d4..94abef65c8 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -492,9 +492,12 @@ the ``message of the day''."
(map cache->config caches)))))))
(define* (nscd-service #:optional (config %nscd-default-configuration)
- #:key (glibc (canonical-package glibc)))
+ #:key (glibc (canonical-package glibc))
+ (name-services '()))
"Return a service that runs libc's name service cache daemon (nscd) with the
-given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object."
+given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object. Optionally,
+@code{#:name-services} is a list of packages that provide name service switch
+ (NSS) modules needed by nscd."
(mlet %store-monad ((nscd.conf (nscd.conf-file config)))
(return (service
(documentation "Run libc's name service cache daemon (nscd).")
@@ -507,7 +510,15 @@ given @var{config}---an @code{<nscd-configuration>} object."
(start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
(list (string-append #$glibc "/sbin/nscd")
- "-f" #$nscd.conf "--foreground")))
+ "-f" #$nscd.conf "--foreground")
+
+ #:environment-variables
+ (list (string-append "LD_LIBRARY_PATH="
+ (string-join
+ (map (lambda (dir)
+ (string-append dir "/lib"))
+ (list #$@name-services))
+ ":")))))
(stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
(respawn? #f)))))