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+.\"	$NetBSD: netgroup.5,v 1.3 1995/03/18 14:58:34 cgd Exp $
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+.\"     @(#)netgroup.5	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
+.\"
+.Dd December 11, 1993
+.Dt NETGROUP 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm netgroup
+.Nd defines network groups
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm netgroup
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm netgroup
+file
+specifies ``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
+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 ``wildcard'' value
+or may consist of the string ``-'' to specify ``no valid value''.
+The members of the list may be separated by whitespace;
+the ``\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
+These functions operate on the
+.Xr db
+version of the 
+.Nm netgroup
+.Nm (netgroup.db)
+file which can be generated using
+.Xr netgroup_mkdb .
+If that file is not present, and the system supports
+.Sy NIS,
+then the 
+.Nm netgroup
+.Sy NIS
+maps are used. The 
+.Sy NIS
+maps are also used if the
+.Nm netgroup
+file contains a 
+.Sy +
+entry.
+.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 SEE ALSO
+.Xr netgroup_mkdb 8 ,
+.Xr getnetgrent 3 ,
+.Xr exports 5
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+The file format is compatible with that of various vendors, however it
+appears that not all vendors use an identical format.
+.Sh BUGS
+The interpretation of access restrictions based on the member tuples of a
+netgroup is left up to the various network applications.