NAME

Unix::Sysadmin::Group - group information class

SYNOPSIS

 use Unix::Sysadmin::Group;
 $group = Unix::Sysadmin::Group->new();
 returns an empty Unix::Sysadmin::User object.

DESCRIPTION

This describes groups of Unix users.

Properties and methods are documented in the following section.

PROPERTIES AND METHODS

Constructors

 new()
      Returns an empty Unix::Sysadmin::Group object.
 load(FILEHANDLE)
    creates a new object and loads its data from the open file
    handle FILEHANDLE. Reads data until a line containing 'GROUP'
    by itself is encountered

Properties

 groupname()
 The name of the group.
 gid()
 The numerical group ID
 password()
 The group password
 members()
   The members of the group. In array context this returns a list
   of the members. In scalar context, it returns an reference to an
   array containing the group's members.
 scope()
   Hosts this group is allowed on. 'ALL','NONE' or a colon
   separated list of hosts and/or netgroups. Netgroups
   are specified by a prefix of '+'. Defaults to 'ALL' if not
   otherwise specified.
 exp_allow()
   colon separated list of host names and/or netgroups
   if scope is 'NONE', or the host does not appear, allow these anyway
   ignored if scope is 'ALL'
 exp_deny()
   colon separated list of host names and/or netgroups
   if scope is 'ALL', or the host appears in the scope, deny these anyway
   ignored if scope is 'NONE'
 validsortorders()
   get the fields that Group records may be sorted by.
   These are:
        byGroupname
        byGID
  defaultsortorder()
    This returns 'byGroupname'

SEE ALSO

Man(3) pages (programmer's docs):

the Unix::Sysadmin::Host manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::User manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Automount manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Group manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Netgroup manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::List manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Cmds manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Files manpage the Unix::Sysadmin::Utility manpage the Unix::Sysadmin::Config manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Scoped manpage

Man(4) pages (file formats):

the Unix::Sysadmin::Host.list manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::User.list manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Automount.list manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Group.list manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Netgroup.list manpage

Man(1m) pages (manager's docs):

the Unix::Sysadmin manpage, the Unix::Sysadmin::Setup manpage the usasetup manpage

the usatest manpage

the usabackup manpage

the usaupdate manpage

the usapush manpage

AUTHOR

Howard Owen <hbo@egbok.com> =cut