Netgroup.List - netgroup information file
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NETGROUP
This file describes groups of hosts in a Unix network. It is used by the Unix::Sysadmin framework to allow other list objects to refer to groups of hosts by a single name. The idea is stolen fromNIS, of course.The file may be edited manually, but be sure you know what you are doing.
The file is separated into stanzas, each consisting of one or more fields, one per line. Each field begins with ``item='', where item is a tag naming the field. For example, the following example stanza shows the netgroupname and members fields for an example netgroup:
netgroupname=clients members=foo1:foo2:+engineering NETGROUP
Each stanza is separated from the next by a separator token on a line by itself. The token for this file is NETROUP.
The following sections document each defined field's structure and purpose.
The name of the netgroup. Other objects will refer to this netgroup with a '+' in front of its name. The name appears here without the '+'.
Example:
netgroupname=clients
Colon seperated list of hosts and/or othernetgroups that are members of this netgroup. Other netgroups may appear within a netgroup members list but beware of circular references. Hostnames appear as the plain unqualified hostname. Netgroups have '+' prepended to their names.
Example:
members=foo1:foo2:+engineering
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
Howard Owen <hbo@egbok.com> =cut