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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-07-28 16:27:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-07-28 16:27:40 +0000
commit57e434e6d71eb64ed81de328b5cc55d5e5ec1170 (patch)
treecb85effb014d067dd32d7b32ce520c98c3ae80bd /share
parent6b44b2e33bbcd5ee5d51495d1cceebbebf18b8ef (diff)
document which functions use which YP maps; Ingo Schwarze
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/group.516
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/group.5 b/share/man/man5/group.5
index 5a7d3545597..b828451b74e 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/group.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/group.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: group.5,v 1.11 2007/05/31 19:19:58 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: group.5,v 1.12 2008/07/28 16:27:39 deraadt Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: group.5,v 1.4 1995/07/28 06:41:39 phil Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)group.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2008 $
.Dt GROUP 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ form should be on the last line, for historical reasons.
Only the first group with a specific name encountered, whether in the
.Nm
file itself, or included via YP, will be used.
+.Pp
+Proper YP group support requires consistent
+.Pa group.byname ,
+.Pa group.bygid
+and
+.Pa netid.byname
+YP maps.
+See
+.Xr getgrent 3
+and
+.Xr getgrouplist 3
+for details.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
.It Pa /etc/group