nixos/nscd: use nsncd by default

As announced in the NixOS 22.11 release notes, 23.05 will switch NixOS
to using nsncd (a non-caching reimplementation in Rust) as NSS lookup
dispatcher, instead of the buggy and deprecated glibc-provided nscd.

If you need to switch back, set `services.nscd.enableNsncd = false`, but
please open an issue in nixpkgs so your issue can be fixed.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/nscd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/nscd.nix
index fdc5190d084b..971dffbadc13 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/nscd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/nscd.nix
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ in
 
       enableNsncd = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
+        default = true;
         description = lib.mdDoc ''
-          Whether to use nsncd instead of nscd.
+          Whether to use nsncd instead of nscd from glibc.
           This is a nscd-compatible daemon, that proxies lookups, without any caching.
+          Using nscd from glibc is discouraged.
         '';
       };
 
@@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ in
       config = mkOption {
         type = types.lines;
         default = builtins.readFile ./nscd.conf;
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Configuration to use for Name Service Cache Daemon.";
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Configuration to use for Name Service Cache Daemon.
+          Only used in case glibc-nscd is used.
+        '';
       };
 
       package = mkOption {