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.Dd February 26, 2005 .Dt NETID 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm netid .Nd NIS network credential file .Sh DESCRIPTION Files in .Nm format are rare. One lives in the .Tn NIS map
a netid.byname . The format is rather simple. Each row consists of two items, a key and a value. When created by .Xr mknetid 8 there are three kind of records.
p The first type is information about which gids a uid has: d -literal unix.<uid>@<yp-domain> <uid>:<gid>,<gid> .Ed
p The second type has informations about hosts: d -literal unix.<hostname>@<yp-domain> 0:<hostname> .Ed
p The third type is records from a .Nm file other than the two types above. .Sh FILES l -tag -width /etc/netid -compact t Pa /etc/netid A file for lines not generated automatically by .Xr mknetid 8 . .El .Sh EXAMPLES A configuration file might appear as follows: d -literal unix.10714@kaka 10714:400,10 unix.jodie@kaka 0:jodie .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mknetid 8 , .Xr nis 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt moj (at] stacken.kth.se
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