In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Quick questions regarding /etc/netgroups and nis. > >In a previous life (using solaris) it was possible to >have a netgroup file like.. > >----8<----------------------------------------- >hostgroup1 (host1,,) (host2,,) >hostgroup2 (host3,,) (host4,,) > >allhosts @hostgroup1 @hostgroup2 >----8<----------------------------------------- > >Is this corrent usder linux? The man pages don't mention >being able to group groups.
It is correct, but not a lot (if any) programs actually use host netgroups. Mike.