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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 11:34:08 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 11:34:08 +0000
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diff --git a/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 b/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
index db7118c..6451ec6 100644
--- a/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
+++ b/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ Any of the comma separated fields may be empty to specify a ``wildcard'' value
or may consist of the string ``-'' to specify ``no valid value''.
The members of the list may be separated by whitespace and/or commas;
the ``\e'' character may be used at the end of a line to specify
-line continuation. Lines are limited to 1024 characters.
+line continuation.
+Lines are limited to 1024 characters.
The functions specified in
.Xr getnetgrent 3
should normally be used to access the
@@ -82,25 +83,29 @@ are only used in conjunction with
.Tn NIS
and local
.Pa /etc/netgroup
-files are ignored. With
+files are ignored.
+With
.Fx ,
.Nm Ns s
can be used with either
.Tn NIS
or local files, but there are certain
-caveats to consider. The existing
+caveats to consider.
+The existing
.Nm
system is extremely inefficient where
.Fn innetgr 3
lookups are concerned since
.Nm
-memberships are computed on the fly. By contrast, the
+memberships are computed on the fly.
+By contrast, the
.Tn NIS
.Nm
database consists of three separate maps (netgroup, netgroup.byuser
and netgroup.byhost) that are keyed to allow
.Fn innetgr 3
-lookups to be done quickly. The
+lookups to be done quickly.
+The
.Fx
.Nm
system can interact with the
@@ -152,7 +157,8 @@ token, the local data and the
netgroup
map will be processed as a single combined
.Nm
-database. While this configuration is the most flexible, it
+database.
+While this configuration is the most flexible, it
is also the least efficient: in particular,
.Fn innetgr 3
lookups will be especially slow if the
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