Group definition table (GDT)
A group definition table defines a group of attributes so the
members of the group can be identified with a single name.
GDTs can only used with the get and
replaceWithDefault operations
(because they do not require a value with the attribute).
Group definition table
id name uid gid
env home shell
1st column: group name-
made up of characters [a-z_]* and used by
the Server API to identify the group.
2nd column: members-
The Server API will substitute this list of
attributes for the corresponding group name.
In the example, the attribute group name env
would be replaced
by the attribute names home and shell.
For more information, see
``Example Group Definition Tables (GDT)''.
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