File Formats                                             netid(4)



NAME
     netid - netname database

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/netid


DESCRIPTION
     The netid file is a local source of information on  mappings
     between  netnames  (see  securerpc(3NSL))  and  user ids or
     hostnames in the local domain. The netid file can be used in
     conjunction with, or instead of, the  network source: NIS or
     NIS].  The   publickey  entry  in  the   nsswitch.conf  (see
     nsswitch.conf(4))  file  determines  which  of these sources
     will be queried by the system to translate netnames to local
     user ids or hostnames.


     Each entry in the netid file is a single line of the form:

       netname uid:gid, gid, gid...




     or

       netname       0:hostname




     The first entry associates a local user id with  a  netname.
     The second entry associates a hostname with a netname.


     The  netid file field descriptions are as follows:

     netname     The operating system  independent  network  name
                 for  the  user  or  host. netname has one of two
                 formats.  The format used to specify a  host  is
                 of the form:

                 unix.hostname@domain

                 where  hostname is the  name  of  the  host  and
                 domain is the network domain name.

                 The format used to specify a user id is  of  the
                 form:

                 unix.uid@domain



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File Formats                                             netid(4)



                 where uid is the numerical id of  the  user  and
                 domain is the network domain name.


     uid         The numerical id of the user (see    passwd(4)).
                 When specifying a host name, uid is always zero.


     group       The numerical id of the group the  user  belongs
                 to (see  group(4)). Several groups, separated by
                 commas, may be listed for a single uid.


     hostname    The local hostname (see  hosts(4)).



     Blank lines are ignored.  Any part of a line to the right of
     a `#' symbol is treated as a comment.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1 A sample netid file.


     Here is a sample netid file:


       unix.789@West.Sun.COM    789:30,65
       unix.123@Bldgxy.Sun.COM 123:20,1521
       unix.candlestick@campus1.bayarea.EDU    0:candlestick



FILES
     /etc/group        groups file


     /etc/hosts        hosts database


     /etc/netid        netname database


     /etc/passwd       password file


     /etc/publickey    public key database


SEE ALSO
     netname2user(3NSL),  securerpc(3NSL),  group(4),  hosts(4),
     nsswitch.conf(4), passwd(4), publickey(4)



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