161519Sbostic.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 261519Sbostic.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 353169Smckusick.\" 453169Smckusick.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 553169Smckusick.\" 6*65101Smckusick.\" @(#)netgroup.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 753169Smckusick.\" 853169Smckusick.Dd 953169Smckusick.Dt NETGROUP 5 1053169Smckusick.Os 1153169Smckusick.Sh NAME 1253169Smckusick.Nm netgroup 1353169Smckusick.Nd defines network groups 1453169Smckusick.Sh SYNOPSIS 1553169Smckusick.Nm netgroup 1653169Smckusick.Sh DESCRIPTION 1753169SmckusickThe 1853169Smckusick.Nm netgroup 1953169Smckusickfile 2053169Smckusickspecifies ``netgroups'', which are sets of 2153169Smckusick.Sy (host, user, domain) 2253169Smckusicktuples that are to be given similar network access. 2353169Smckusick.Pp 2453169SmckusickEach line in the file 2553169Smckusickconsists of a netgroup name followed by a list of the members of the 2653169Smckusicknetgroup. 2753169SmckusickEach member can be either the name of another netgroup or a specification 2853169Smckusickof a tuple as follows: 2953169Smckusick.Bd -literal -offset indent 3053169Smckusick(host, user, domain) 3153169Smckusick.Ed 3253169Smckusickwhere the 3353169Smckusick.Sy host , 3453169Smckusick.Sy user , 3553169Smckusickand 3653169Smckusick.Sy domain 3753169Smckusickare character string names for the corresponding component. 3853169SmckusickAny of the comma separated fields may be empty to specify a ``wildcard'' value 3953169Smckusickor may consist of the string ``-'' to specify ``no valid value''. 4053169SmckusickThe members of the list may be separated by whitespace and/or commas; 4153169Smckusickthe ``\e'' character may be used at the end of a line to specify 4253169Smckusickline continuation. 4353169SmckusickThe functions specified in 4453169Smckusick.Xr getnetgrent 3 4553169Smckusickshould normally be used to access the 4653169Smckusick.Nm netgroup 4753169Smckusickdatabase. 4853169Smckusick.Pp 4953169SmckusickLines that begin with a # are treated as comments. 5053169Smckusick.Sh FILES 5153169Smckusick.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup -compact 5253169Smckusick.It Pa /etc/netgroup 5353169Smckusickthe netgroup database. 5453169Smckusick.El 5553169Smckusick.Sh SEE ALSO 5653169Smckusick.Xr getnetgrent 3 , 5753169Smckusick.Xr exports 5 5853169Smckusick.Sh COMPATIBILITY 5953169SmckusickThe file format is compatible with that of various vendors, however it 6053169Smckusickappears that not all vendors use an identical format. 6153169Smckusick.Sh BUGS 62*65101SmckusickThe interpretation of access restrictions based on the member tuples of a 6353169Smckusicknetgroup is left up to the various network applications. 6453169SmckusickAlso, it is not obvious how the domain specification 6553169Smckusickapplies to the BSD environment. 66