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author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 11:34:08 +0000 |
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committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 11:34:08 +0000 |
commit | 56aefdcd1008df3702556867ce63eb3fc801508b (patch) | |
tree | 997df88d73810363c727ba9fc7629e4100eb4e3b /usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 | |
parent | ff1f324516a438c1978485e7ff75118e39b76ae3 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-56aefdcd1008df3702556867ce63eb3fc801508b.zip FreeBSD-src-56aefdcd1008df3702556867ce63eb3fc801508b.tar.gz |
Remove single-space hard sentence breaks. These degrade the quality
of the typeset output, tend to make diffs harder to read and provide
bad examples for new-comers to mdoc.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 b/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 index db7118c..6451ec6 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 +++ b/usr.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 |