NETGROUP
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NAME
netgroup
- defines network groups
SYNOPSIS
netgroup
DESCRIPTION
The
netgroup
file
specifies ``netgroups'', which are sets of
(host, user, domain)
tuples that are to be given similar network access.
Each line in the file
consists of a netgroup name followed by a list of the members of the
netgroup.
Each member can be either the name of another netgroup or a specification
of a tuple as follows:
(host, user, domain)
where the
host
user
and
domain
are character string names for the corresponding component.
Any of the comma separated fields may be empty to specify a ``wildcard'' value
or may consist of the string ``-'' to specify ``no valid value''.
The members of the list may be separated by whitespace and/or commas;
the ``\'' character may be used at the end of a line to specify
line continuation.
The functions specified in
getnetgrent(3)
should normally be used to access the
netgroup
database.
Lines that begin with a # are treated as comments.
FILES
- /etc/netgroup
-
the netgroup database.
SEE ALSO
getnetgrent(3),
exports(5)
COMPATIBILITY
The file format is compatible with that of various vendors, however it
appears that not all vendors use an identical format.
BUGS
The interpretation of access restrictions based on the member tuples of a
netgroup is left up to the various network applications.
Also, it is not obvious how the domain specification
applies to the BSD environment.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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- COMPATIBILITY
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- BUGS
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