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netid(4)			 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 secure_rpc(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. 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	 host‐
       names.

       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

		   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 speci‐
		   fying 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 `#' sym‐
       bol 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@Bldg_xy.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),   secure_rpc(3NSL),	 group(4),   hosts(4),	  nss‐
       witch.conf(4), passwd(4), publickey(4)

SunOS 5.11			  10 Dec 2009			      netid(4)

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