opensolaris man page for nss

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 initgroups(3C) lookup method. The file also provides a method to disable
       address sorting by name lookup functions. The file controls the behavior 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_AUTHORITATIVE  is  set  to  TRUE, initgroups() uses netid as the source for supplementary 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 ta-
			      ble.

       SORT_ADDRS	      If this option is set to FALSE, the sorting of addresses is disabled on addresses that are returned by  name  lookup
			      functions  such as initgroups(), gethostbyname(3NSL), netdir_getbyname(3NSL), getaddrinfo(3SOCKET), and getipnodeby-
			      name(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 5.11							    20 Nov 2003 							    nss(4)