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Server group files

Server group files categorize individual users into groups. The groups may then be used in ACLs and protection set-ups. The files consist of plain text and may be maintained with any text editor.

A group definition consists of a group name, followed by a colon and a list of users, separated by commas, that make up that group. The list may contain individual users and the names of other groups, previously defined in the same file. The syntax is as follows:

    group-name: { user-name   | group-name } [, ...]

User names within the list may be qualified with a host-name or Internet address specification, preceded by an @ sign. For example:

    [email protected]

If the user name is omitted and just an address specified, this is interpreted as meaning all users at that address.

Both the user and host specifiers can consist of lists separated by commas within parentheses. For example:

  marketing:  (rosemary,penelope)@192.168.0.*
  sales:      chris@(192.168.0.2,192.168.0.38), marketing, 
                  @192.168.0.42

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