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.\" $FreeBSD: src/libexec/mknetid/netid.5,v 1.1.2.2 2002/02/01 15:51:17 ru Exp $
.\" $DragonFly: src/libexec/mknetid/netid.5,v 1.3 2006/02/17 19:33:31 swildner Exp $
.\"
.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
.Pa 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.
.Pp
The first type is information about which GIDs a UID has:
.Pp
.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
.Pp
The second type contains information about hosts:
.Pp
.Sm off
.Li unix . Ao Ar hostname Ac @ Aq Ar yp-domain
.Sm on
.Sm off
.Li 0 : Aq Ar hostname
.Sm on
.Pp
The third type refers to records from a
.Xr netid 5
file other than the two types above.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/netid" -compact
.It Pa /etc/netid
for lines not generated automatically by
.Xr mknetid 8
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
A configuration file might look like the following:
.Bd -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