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NAME
     nss - configuration file for initgroups

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/default/nss


DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/default/nss configuration file provides methods for
     initgroups(3C)  lookup  method.  The  file  also  provides a
     method to disable address sorting by name lookup  functions.
     The  file  controls  the behavior of the name service switch
     routines outside of the source database mappings provided by
     the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.


     /etc/default/nss supports the following options:

     NETIDAUTHORITATIVE    Changes the behavior of the name ser-
                            vice  lookups  to use the netid table
                            in response to the initgroups() call.
                            The  netid  table  is provided by the
                            LOCAL    entries    of    the    NIS]
                            cred.orgdir table. By default, init-
                            groups() uses the group  table.  When
                            NETIDAUTHORITATIVE  is  set to TRUE,
                            initgroups() uses netid as the source
                            for  supplementary groups rather than
                            the group table.

                            The name service  administrator  must
                            ensure  that the netid table contains
                            valid supplementary group information
                            for  users. Not all name services can
                            automatically keep the members listed
                            in  the  group table in sync with the
                            netid table.


     SORTADRS             If this option is set to  FALSE,  the
                            sorting  of  addresses is disabled on
                            addresses that are returned  by  name
                            lookup   functions   such   as  init-
                            groups(),        gethostbyname(3NSL),
                            netdirgetbyname(3NSL),
                            getaddrinfo(3SOCKET),             and
                            getipnodebyname(3SOCKET).     Setting
                            this option to FALSE is  useful  when
                            the  order  of  addresses returned by
                            the  nameserver  needs  to  be  main-
                            tained.  To  use  the DNS round robin
                            feature, for example, address sorting



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                            by  name  lookup  functions should be
                            disabled.

                            By  default,   address   sorting   is
                            enabled.


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsr                     
    
     Interface Stability          Evolving                    
    


SEE ALSO
     getaddrinfo(3SOCKET),                   gethostbyname(3NSL),
     getipnodebyname(3SOCKET),                    initgroups(3C),
     netdirgetbyname(3NSL), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5)





























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