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Netgroup file missing errors when ns-switch points to file and a netgroup file has not been loaded in ONTAP

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Netgroup

Issue

  • ERROR netgroup.files.missing  when ns-switch points to file and a netgroup file hasn't been loaded
  • The following error is displayed:

netgroup.files.missing: Netgroup file missing for Vserver 'svmname' during lookup for netgroup 'netgroupname'.

  • In the vserver services name-service ns-switch show, files has been specified as a valid location for the netgroup database:

cluster::> ns-switch show -vserver svm1
  (vserver services name-service ns-switch show)
                               Source
Vserver         Database       Order
--------------- ------------   ---------
svm1            hosts          files,
                               dns
svm1            group          files
svm1            passwd         files
svm1            netgroup       files,nis
svm1            namemap        files
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