X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/nss_nonlocal.git/blobdiff_plain/34cfeb2823b7262b81a42c6fff29146216353552..25468b961ce1288b802ae075a80640e4c30ee375:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 7125dc1..27ede52 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,17 +9,21 @@ passwd_nonlocal: hesiod group: compat nonlocal group_nonlocal: hesiod -The module also assigns special properties to two local groups, if -they exist: +The module also assigns special properties to two local groups and one +local user, if they exist: • If the local group ‘nss-nonlocal-users’ exists, then nonlocal users will be automatically added to it. Furthermore, if a local user is - added to this group, then that user will inherit any nonlocal - supplementary gids from a nonlocal user of the same name. + added to this group, then that user will inherit any nonlocal gids + from a nonlocal user of the same name, as supplementary gids. • If the local group ‘nss-local-users’ exists, then local users will be automatically added to it. +• If the local user ‘nss-nonlocal-users’ is added to a local group, + then the local group will inherit the nonlocal membership of a group + of the same gid. + Copyright © 2007–2010 Anders Kaseorg and Tim Abbott