NETGROUP_MKDB(8) - System Manager's Manual

NETGROUP_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

NETGROUP_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual

NAME #

netgroup_mkdb - generate the netgroup databases

SYNOPSIS #

netgroup_mkdb [-o database] [file]

DESCRIPTION #

netgroup_mkdb creates Berkeley databases for the specified file. If no file is specified, /etc/netgroup is used. These databases are then installed into /etc/netgroup.db. The file must be in the correct format (see netgroup(5)).

The options are as follows:

-o database

Put the output databases in the named file.

The databases are used by the C library netgroup routines (see getnetgrent(3)).

FILES #

/etc/netgroup.db

current netgroup database

/etc/netgroup.db.tmp

a temporary file

/etc/netgroup

current netgroup file

EXIT STATUS #

The netgroup_mkdb utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO #

dbopen(3), getnetgrent(3), netgroup(5)

BUGS #

Because netgroup_mkdb guarantees not to install a partial destination file, it must build a temporary file in the same file system and if successful use rename(2) to install over the destination file.

If netgroup_mkdb fails, it will leave the previous version of the destination file intact.

OpenBSD 7.5 - January 4, 2023