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.Dd January 13, 1996 .Dt NETID 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm netid .Nd .Tn YP network credential file .Sh DESCRIPTION Files in .Nm format are rare. One lives in the .Tn YP 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 types of records.

p The first type is information about which GIDs a UID has:

p .Sm off .Li unix . Ao Ar uid Ac @ Aq Ar yp-domain .Sm on .Sm off .Ao Ar uid Ac : Ao Ar gid Ac , Aq Ar gid .Sm on

p The second type contains information about hosts:

p .Sm off .Li unix . Ao Ar hostname Ac @ Aq Ar yp-domain .Sm on .Sm off .Li 0 : Aq Ar hostname .Sm on

p The third type refers to records from a .Nm file other than the two types above. .Sh FILES l -tag -width ".Pa /etc/netid" -compact t Pa /etc/netid for lines not generated automatically by .Xr mknetid 8 .El .Sh EXAMPLES A configuration file might look like the following: d -literal unix.10714@kaka 10714:400,10 unix.jodie@kaka 0:jodie .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mknetid 8 , .Xr yp 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An Mats O Jansson Aq moj@stacken.kth.se