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Manual page for YPGROUP(5)

ypgroup - NIS group file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/ypgroup

AVAILABILITY

Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.x release or earlier. Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature.

DESCRIPTION

Create the Network Information Service (NIS) group map with this text file. This file has the same format as the /etc/group file described in group.5

The text file for the NIS group map is stored in the /etc/group file on the NIS master of an NIS domain. Other systems in a domain (besides the NIS master) can also have a local /etc/group file. The local file is accessed first by programs such as groups.1 and if it contains a line beginning with the character `+', the NIS map will be accessed. The local /etc/group file can specify groups that are not available on a network-wide basis.

This implies that the NIS master cannot use the local /etc/group file to specify groups that are to be known only to the local system. Sun386i systems allow the /etc/group file on the NIS master to be used locally, creating the NIS group map from the /etc/ypgroup text file.

FILES

/etc/group
/etc/ypgroup

SEE ALSO

passwd.1 su.1v getgroups.2v crypt.3 initgroups.3 group.5 group.adjunct.5 passwd.5 grpck.8v

[a manual with the abbreviation ADMIN],
Sun386i SNAP Administration,
Sun386i Advanced Administration

NOTES

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed. The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications plc, and may not be used without permission.


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