there are a couple of cases where the database= lines in ndb files don't appear to me to work as one would expect.
ndbsearch(2) searches the original file and all the files in the database= lines. however ndbparse(2) opens only the named file; ndbreopen(2) only reopens the named file. so, e.g., consolefs(4) won'trecognize databases= lines at all. ndb search has special magic to take care of this so cs(8) wouldn't have this problem. so i would think either consolefs or ndbparse would have to be at fault. - erik