netgroup(4)                                                     netgroup(4)

NAME
     netgroup - netgroup definitions for global users on the network
     administration host

SYNOPSIS
     /var/yp/netgroup

DESCRIPTION
     Computers and users in a network are combined in netgroups in the
     /var/yp/netgroup file. A netgroup is defined by its name and the
     members of the group.

     Members of a netgroup could include:

     -  one or more sets of three elements in the form (host, user, NIS
        domain)

     -  other netgroups

     Accordingly, the members are defined as follows in the
     /var/yp/netgroup file:

     groupnamea  groupnameb groupnamec
     groupnameb  (host, user, domain)
     groupnamec  (host, user, domain) (host, user, domain)

     groupnamea, groupnameb and groupnamec are the names of the net-
     groups. When defining a netgroup, its name must always be positioned
     at the beginning of the line. If netgroups are members of another net-
     group, the netgroup names are separated from each other by blanks.

     Although netgroups are designed for broader usage, the definitions are
     only evaluated with the newpasswd(1M) command in the case of Reliant
     UNIX clients. Of the three fields, therefore, only "user" is of
     relevance. The other fields are ignored. It is only if the network
     administration host makes the netgroup definitions available to
     clients, which also evaluate "host" and "NIS domain", that the fields
     in /var/yp/netgroup should not be empty.

     Example:

          # cat /var/yp/netgroup

          ireland     east west
          east            (,johnson,)(,hanratty,)
          west            (,durkin,)(,gavin,)

     The user netgroup "ireland" includes the users "johnson", "hanratty",
     "durkin" and "gavin".

SEE ALSO
     newpasswd(1M).



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