nss(4) - osol9

1nss(4)                           File Formats                           nss(4)
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NAME

6       nss - configuration file for initgroups
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/default/nss
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  /etc/default/nss  configuration  file  provides  methods for init‐
14       groups(3C) lookup method. The file also provides a  method  to  disable
15       address  sorting by name lookup functions. The file controls the behav‐
16       ior of the name service switch routines outside of the source  database
17       mappings provided by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
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20       /etc/default/nss supports the following options:
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22       NETID_AUTHORITATIVE    Changes the behavior of the name service lookups
23                              to use the netid table in response to the  init‐
24                              groups()  call.  The  netid table is provided by
25                              the LOCAL entries of the NIS+  cred.org_dir  ta‐
26                              ble. By default, initgroups() uses the group ta‐
27                              ble. When NETID_AUTHORITATIVE is  set  to  TRUE,
28                              initgroups()  uses  netid as the source for sup‐
29                              plementary groups rather than the group table.
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31                              The name service administrator must ensure  that
32                              the  netid  table  contains  valid supplementary
33                              group information for users. Not all  name  ser‐
34                              vices  can automatically keep the members listed
35                              in the group table in sync with the netid table.
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38       SORT_ADDRS             If this option is set to FALSE, the  sorting  of
39                              addresses  is  disabled  on  addresses  that are
40                              returned by name lookup functions such as  init‐
41                              groups(),   gethostbyname(3NSL),   netdir_getby‐
42                              name(3NSL), getaddrinfo(3SOCKET), and getipnode‐
43                              byname(3SOCKET). Setting this option to FALSE is
44                              useful when the order of addresses  returned  by
45                              the  nameserver  needs  to be maintained. To use
46                              the  DNS  round  robin  feature,  for   example,
47                              address  sorting by name lookup functions should
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50                              By default, address sorting is enabled.
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ATTRIBUTES

54       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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59       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
60       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
61       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
62       │Availability                 │SUNWcsr                      │
63       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
64       │Interface Stability          │Evolving                     │
65       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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