NAME
netgroup —
defines network groups
SYNOPSIS
/etc/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 single
character “-” to specify “no valid value”. The
members of the list may be separated by whitespace; 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.
These functions operate on the
db(3)
version of the netgroup
(netgroup.db) file which can be generated using
netgroup_mkdb(8). If that file is not present, and the system
supports NIS, then the netgroup NIS maps are used.
The NIS maps are also used if the netgroup file
contains a “+” entry.
Lines that begin with a ‘#’
are treated as comments.
FILES
- /etc/netgroup
- default netgroup list
- /etc/netgroup.db
- netgroup database
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The file format is compatible with that of various vendors, although 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.