xref: /plan9/lib/ndb/auth (revision 8f5875f3e9b20916b4c52ad4336922bc8653eb7b)
17dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#         Data Base
27dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#           An ndb(2) database file exists for the authentication
37dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#           server.  The attribute types used by the AS are hostid and
47dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#           uid.  The value in the hostid is a client host's ID.  The
57dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#           values in the uid pairs in the same entry list which users
6*8f5875f3SDavid du Colombier#           that host ID may speak for.  A uid value of * means the
77dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#           host ID may speak for all users.  A uid value of !user means
87dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#           the host ID may not speak for user.  For example:
97dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#           hostid=bootes
107dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#                uid=!sys uid=!adm uid=*
117dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier#
12