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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man5/netgroup.5 b/static/netbsd/man5/netgroup.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4e034f76 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man5/netgroup.5 @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: netgroup.5,v 1.9 2014/09/19 16:02:58 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)netgroup.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 +.\" +.Dd January 16, 1999 +.Dt NETGROUP 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm netgroup +.Nd defines network groups +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm netgroup +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm netgroup +file +specifies +.Dq netgroups , +which are sets of +.Sy (host, user, domain) +tuples that are to be given similar network access. +.Pp +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: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +(host, user, domain) +.Ed +.Pp +where the +.Sy host , +.Sy user , +and +.Sy domain +are character string names for the corresponding component. +Any of the comma separated fields may be empty to specify a +.Dq wildcard +value +or may consist of the string +.Dq Li - +to specify +.Dq no valid value . +The members of the list may be separated by whitespace; +the +.Dq \e +character may be used at the end of a line to specify +line continuation. +The functions specified in +.Xr getnetgrent 3 +should normally be used to access the +.Nm netgroup +database. +.Pp +If +.Sq files +is specified for the +.Sq netgroup +database in +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , +(or no +.Sq netgroup +entry is specified), then these functions operate on the +.Xr db 3 +version of the +.Nm netgroup +.Nm (netgroup.db) +file which can be generated using +.Xr netgroup_mkdb 8 . +If +.Sq nis +is specified then the +.Tn NIS +maps +.Sq netgroup , +.Sq netgroup.byhost , +and +.Sq netgroup.byuser +are used. +.Pp +Lines that begin with a # are treated as comments. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup.db -compact +.It Pa /etc/netgroup.db +the netgroup database. +.El +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +The file format is compatible with that of various vendors, however it +appears that not all vendors use an identical format. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getnetgrent 3 , +.Xr exports 5 , +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , +.Xr netgroup_mkdb 8 +.Sh BUGS +The interpretation of access restrictions based on the member tuples of a +netgroup is left up to the various network applications. |
