X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/nss_nonlocal.git/blobdiff_plain/6ca16423b9b7ddcb37b86eac892e58e73ce7a14c..4893970472bd815b8dbb6f6058dd26358700110e:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 47067fb..27ede52 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,15 +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. + will be automatically added to it. Furthermore, if a local user is + 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