NETID(4)NETID(4)NAMEnetid - netname database
SYNOPSIS
/etc/netid
DESCRIPTION
The netid file is a local source of information on mappings between
netnames (see secure_rpc(3NSL)) and user ids or hostnames in the local
domain. The netid file can be used in conjunction with, or instead of,
the network source: NIS or NIS+. The publickey entry in the nss‐
witch.conf (see nsswitch.conf(4)) file determines which of these
sources will be queried by the system to translate netnames to local
user ids or hostnames.
Each entry in the netid file is a single line of the form:
netname uid:gid, gid, gid...
or
netname 0:hostname
The first entry associates a local user id with a netname. The second
entry associates a hostname with a netname.
The netid file field descriptions are as follows:
netname
The operating system independent network name for the user
or host. netname has one of two formats. The format used
to specify a host is of the form:
unix.hostname@domain
where hostname is the name of the host and domain is the
network domain name.
The format used to specify a user id is of the form:
unix.uid@domain
where uid is the numerical id of the user and domain is the
network domain name.
uid
The numerical id of the user (see passwd(4)). When speci‐
fying a host name, uid is always zero.
group
The numerical id of the group the user belongs to (see
group(4)). Several groups, separated by commas, may be
listed for a single uid.
hostname
The local hostname (see hosts(4)).
Blank lines are ignored. Any part of a line to the right of a `#' sym‐
bol is treated as a comment.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 A sample netid file.
Here is a sample netid file:
unix.789@West.Sun.COM 789:30,65
unix.123@Bldg_xy.Sun.COM 123:20,1521
unix.candlestick@campus1.bayarea.EDU 0:candlestick
FILES
/etc/group
groups file
/etc/hosts
hosts database
/etc/netid
netname database
/etc/passwd
password file
/etc/publickey
public key database
SEE ALSOnetname2user(3NSL), secure_rpc(3NSL), group(4), hosts(4), nss‐
witch.conf(4), passwd(4), publickey(4)
May 23, 1994 NETID(4)
