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nss(4)				 File Formats				nss(4)

NAME
       nss - configuration file for initgroups

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/default/nss

DESCRIPTION
       The  /etc/default/nss  configuration  file  provides  methods for init‐
       groups(3C) lookup method. The file also provides a  method  to  disable
       address	sorting by name lookup functions. The file controls the behav‐
       ior of the name service switch routines outside of the source  database
       mappings provided by the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.

       /etc/default/nss supports the following options:

       NETID_AUTHORITATIVE

	   Changes  the	 behavior of the name service lookups to use the netid
	   table in response to the initgroups() call.	 The  netid  table  is
	   provided  by	 the  LOCAL entries of the NIS+ cred.org_dir table. By
	   default, initgroups() uses the group table.	When  NETID_AUTHORITA‐
	   TIVE is set to TRUE, initgroups() uses netid as the source for sup‐
	   plementary groups rather than the group table.

	   The name service administrator must ensure  that  the  netid	 table
	   contains  valid  supplementary group information for users. Not all
	   name services can automatically keep	 the  members  listed  in  the
	   group table in sync with the netid table.

       SORT_ADDRS

	   If  this  option  is set to FALSE, the sorting of addresses is dis‐
	   abled on addresses that are returned by name lookup functions  such
	   as	initgroups(),	gethostbyname(3NSL),   netdir_getbyname(3NSL),
	   getaddrinfo(3SOCKET), and  getipnodebyname(3SOCKET).	 Setting  this
	   option  to  FALSE is useful when the order of addresses returned by
	   the nameserver needs to be maintained. To use the DNS  round	 robin
	   feature,  for  example,  address  sorting  by name lookup functions
	   should be disabled.

	   By default, address sorting is enabled.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsr			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Evolving			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       getaddrinfo(3SOCKET),  gethostbyname(3NSL),   getipnodebyname(3SOCKET),
       initgroups(3C), netdir_getbyname(3NSL), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10			  20 Nov 2003				nss(4)

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