Package: manpages-dev
Version: 2.02-2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/share/man/man3/getgrnam.3.gz

>From getgrnam(3):

       The getgrnam() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the
       group information from /etc/group for the entry that matches the  group
       name name.

       The getgrgid() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the
       group information from /etc/group for the entry that matches the  group
       gid gid.

        ...
        
  FILES
       /etc/group
              group database file

In reality, glibc uses other sources also to find information about
groups, not just /etc/group. For example, NIS: see #295680, which
started with a misunderstanding about this. Changing the working to say
something like "group information from the group database (e.g., in
/etc/group, NIS, and LDAP)" in the first two paragraphs and "default
group database file" in the FILES section might be good.


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