GROUP(5) - File Formats Manual # GROUP(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # group - format of the group permissions file
DESCRIPTION # The file /etc/group consists of newline separated ASCII records, one per group, containing four colon (’:’) separated fields. These fields are as follows:
group
Name of the group. passwd
Group’s encrypted password.
gid
The group’s decimal ID.
member
Group members.
The group field is the group name used for granting file access to users who are members of the group.
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MKNETID(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MKNETID(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mknetid - generate a YP map of group and domain memberships
SYNOPSIS # mknetid [-q] [-d domain] [-g groupfile] [-h hostfile] [-m netidfile] [-P master.passwdfile] [-p passwdfile]
DESCRIPTION # The mknetid utility combines information from the passwd(5), group(5), hosts(5), and netid(5) files, printing it in netid(5) format to the standard output. If the passwd(5) file is not available, the master.
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NETID(5) - File Formats Manual # NETID(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # netid - YP network credential file
DESCRIPTION # The file /etc/netid consists of newline separated ASCII records. Each record consists of a key, a single blank character, and a value. The key and the value may be arbitrary strings except that neither may contain blank characters.
Records in the file /etc/netid and in the netid.byname YP map are ignored by the system unless they have the following form:
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Adduser,
Login.conf,
Login,
Makefile.yp,
Netid,
Getpwent,
Chpass,
Yp,
Pwd_mkdb,
Vipw,
Crypt,
Netgroup,
Passwd PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual # PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # passwd, master.passwd - format of the password file
DESCRIPTION # The master.passwd file, readable only by root, consists of newline-separated records, one per user, containing ten colon separated fields. These fields are as follows:
name
User’s login name.
password
User’s encrypted password.
uid
User’s login user ID.
gid
User’s login group ID.
class
User’s general classification (see login.
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