Updated to mention the local netgroup.db and NIS db handling.

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christos 1994-12-04 22:35:51 +00:00
parent 749ca327c9
commit 270150876e
2 changed files with 51 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)netgroup.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" from: @(#)netgroup.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $Id: netgroup.5,v 1.2 1994/12/04 22:35:51 christos Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 11, 1993
.Dt NETGROUP 5
@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ and
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 members of the list may be separated by whitespace;
the ``\e'' character may be used at the end of a line to specify
line continuation.
The functions specified in
@ -72,13 +73,34 @@ should normally be used to access the
.Nm netgroup
database.
.Pp
These functions operate on the
.Xr db
version of the
.Nm netgroup
.Nm (netgroup.db)
file which can be generated using
.Xr netgroup_mkdb .
If that file is not present, and the system supports
.Sy NIS,
then the
.Nm netgroup
.Sy NIS
maps are used. The
.Sy NIS
maps are also used if the
.Nm netgroup
file contains a
.Sy +
entry.
.Pp
Lines that begin with a # are treated as comments.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup -compact
.It Pa /etc/netgroup
.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup.db -compact
.It Pa /etc/netgroup.db
the netgroup database.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netgroup_mkdb 8 ,
.Xr getnetgrent 3 ,
.Xr exports 5
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
@ -87,5 +109,3 @@ appears that not all vendors use an identical format.
.Sh 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.

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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)netgroup.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $Id: netgroup.5,v 1.1 1994/06/08 19:29:48 mycroft Exp $
.\" $Id: netgroup.5,v 1.2 1994/12/04 22:35:51 christos Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 11, 1993
.Dt NETGROUP 5
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ and
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 members of the list may be separated by whitespace;
the ``\e'' character may be used at the end of a line to specify
line continuation.
The functions specified in
@ -73,13 +73,34 @@ should normally be used to access the
.Nm netgroup
database.
.Pp
These functions operate on the
.Xr db
version of the
.Nm netgroup
.Nm (netgroup.db)
file which can be generated using
.Xr netgroup_mkdb .
If that file is not present, and the system supports
.Sy NIS,
then the
.Nm netgroup
.Sy NIS
maps are used. The
.Sy NIS
maps are also used if the
.Nm netgroup
file contains a
.Sy +
entry.
.Pp
Lines that begin with a # are treated as comments.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup -compact
.It Pa /etc/netgroup
.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup.db -compact
.It Pa /etc/netgroup.db
the netgroup database.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netgroup_mkdb 8 ,
.Xr getnetgrent 3 ,
.Xr exports 5
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
@ -88,5 +109,3 @@ appears that not all vendors use an identical format.
.Sh 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.