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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 or  NIS+. The  publickey entry	in  the	  nss‐
       witch.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 for‐
		       mat 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
		       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 `#' 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 5.10			  23 May 1994			      netid(4)

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