126 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
126 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: netgroup.5,v 1.8 2003/08/07 10:31:17 agc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" @(#)netgroup.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.\"
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.Dd January 16, 1999
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.Dt NETGROUP 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm netgroup
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.Nd defines network groups
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm netgroup
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm netgroup
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file
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specifies
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.Dq netgroups ,
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which are sets of
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.Sy (host, user, domain)
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tuples that are to be given similar network access.
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.Pp
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Each line in the file
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consists of a netgroup name followed by a list of the members of the
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netgroup.
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Each member can be either the name of another netgroup or a specification
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of a tuple as follows:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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(host, user, domain)
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.Ed
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.Pp
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where the
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.Sy host ,
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.Sy user ,
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and
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.Sy domain
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are character string names for the corresponding component.
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Any of the comma separated fields may be empty to specify a
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.Dq wildcard
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value
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or may consist of the string
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.Dq Li -
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to specify
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.Dq no valid value .
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The members of the list may be separated by whitespace;
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the
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.Dq \e
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character may be used at the end of a line to specify
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line continuation.
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The functions specified in
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.Xr getnetgrent 3
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should normally be used to access the
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.Nm netgroup
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database.
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.Pp
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If
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.Sq files
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is specified for the
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.Sq netgroup
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database in
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
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(or no
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.Sq netgroup
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entry is specified), then these functions operate on the
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.Xr db 3
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version of the
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.Nm netgroup
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.Nm (netgroup.db)
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file which can be generated using
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.Xr netgroup_mkdb 8 .
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If
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.Sq nis
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is specified then the
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.Tn NIS
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maps
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.Sq netgroup ,
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.Sq netgroup.byhost ,
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and
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.Sq netgroup.byuser
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are used.
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.Pp
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Lines that begin with a # are treated as comments.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup.db -compact
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.It Pa /etc/netgroup.db
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the netgroup database.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getnetgrent 3 ,
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.Xr exports 5 ,
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
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.Xr netgroup_mkdb 8
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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The file format is compatible with that of various vendors, however it
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appears that not all vendors use an identical format.
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.Sh BUGS
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The interpretation of access restrictions based on the member tuples of a
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netgroup is left up to the various network applications.
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