netgroup(4)                         CLIX                         netgroup(4)



  NAME

    netgroup - List of network groups

  DESCRIPTION

    The netgroup file defines network-wide groups, used for permission
    checking when performing remote mounts.  For remote mounts, the
    information in netgroup is used to classify machines.  Each line of the
    netgroup file defines a group and has the following format:

    groupname member1 member2 ...

    The membern parameter is either another group name, or a three-field entry
    as follows:

    (hostname, username, domainname)

    An empty field in any of the three fields signifies a wild card.  Thus the
    following example defines a group to which everyone belongs:

    universal (,,)

    Field names beginning with something other than a letter, digit, or
    underscore (_) work in the opposite way, as in the following examples:

    justmachines (analytic,-,mkt)
    justpeople   (-,babbage,mkt)

    The machine analytic belongs to the group justmachines in the domain mkt,
    but no users belong to this group.  Similarly, the user babbage belongs to
    the group justpeople in the domain mkt, but no machines belong to this
    group.

    Network groups are contained in the Network Information Service (NIS)
    database, and are accessed through the following files:

    ⊕  /etc/yp/domainname/netgroup.dir

    ⊕  /etc/yp/domainname/netgroup.pag

    ⊕  /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.usr.dir

    ⊕  /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.usr.pag

    ⊕  /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.hst.dir

    ⊕  /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.hst.pag

    These files are created by NIS from /etc/netgroup using the makedbm
    command.



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  netgroup(4)                         CLIX                         netgroup(4)



  FILES

    /etc/netgroup
           List of network groups.

    /etc/yp/domainname/netgroup.dir
    /etc/yp/domainname/netgroup.pag
    /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.usr.dir
    /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.usr.pag
    /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.hst.dir
    /etc/yp/domainname/netgrp.hst.pag
           These files are used by NIS to implement the netgroup NIS map.

  NOTES

    This file is dependent on the network transport mechanism used.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  makedbm(8) ypserv(8)

    Files:  ypmapxlate(4), ypfiles(4)
































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