Systemd is accessible via NSS https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/nss-systemd.html https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/

Systemd is accessible via NSS https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/nss-systemd.html https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/nss-... It's only an alternative if you connect to it directly (and why would you?). It's more an alternative to writing another nsswitch backend.