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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:26:09 -0500
From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>
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>How do I see the logical join of the client's
>local /etc/passwd and the +@root-users from the NIS maps ?

getpwent(3C) works.  Or you can use getpwent in perl.


>When/where does the expansion of the +@ stuff occur?

When the database is queried.


-Mitch


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