glibc supports `[SUCCESS=merge]` since version 2.24. From nsswitch.conf(5): The `merge` action is used by services like `nss-systemd` to attach extra entries to those returned by the standard services. From nss-systemd(8): ``` group: files [SUCCESS=merge] systemd ``` Such actions are best seen as "prefixes" of the non-standard services that add extra entries rather than as "suffixes" of the standard services that provide the base entries. Thus the .nss file of the non-stardard services should have a way to specify that this action should be placed before the service that is being installed.