group.local(4)                                               group.local(4)

NAME
     group.local - selection list for global group entries

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/group.local

DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/group.local file is used to update the local /etc/group file
     from the group.byname NIS server map if the new procedure for global
     user administration (GLOBALPW=new in /etc/default/inet) has been
     selected.

     The entries in /etc/group.local have the same structure as those in
     /etc/group:

     groupname:password:groupnamenumber:listofparticipants

     The list of participants comprises user names separated by a comma.

     By means of entries in /etc/group.local, global entries can be

     -  transferred to the local /etc/group file. These entries begin with
        "+group_name".

     -  excluded from the transfer. These entries begin with a
        "-group_name" and are not transferred if they are listed in a sub-
        sequent "+" entry. Conversely, preceding "+" entries are not
        affected by this.

     -  transferred with modified attributes. These entries begin with a
        "+group_name"; the attributes specified below are not empty how-
        ever, and overwrite the attributes of the global entry. The excep-
        tion here is the field group number, which cannot be overwritten.

     Global entries for whose group number or name an entry already exists
     in the local /etc/group file, are not transferred to the /etc/group
     file.

     Following every update of /etc/group, it is recorded in the
     /var/yp/ypgrps file whether an entry in /etc/group is local or global.
     All global entries that were transferred to /etc/group at the last
     update are entered here.

FILES
     /etc/group

     /var/yp/suppressrebuild

     /var/yp/ypgrps

SEE ALSO
     map2system(1M), newgroup(1M), ypinit(1M).



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