---
name: "innetgr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ng-utils"
version: "1.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/innetgr"
---

# innetgr(1)

Check netgroup membership

## NAME

innetgr - Check netgroup membership

## SYNTAX

innetgr \[-d *domain*\] \[-h *host*\] \[-u *user*\] \[-v\] \<*netgroup*\>

## DESCRIPTION

innetgr checks if the specified user, host or domain is a member of the given netgroup. The program does not produce any output unless the verbose ( -v ) flag is given.

The exit status is 0 if the user/host/doman combination is a member of the given netgroup.  Exit status is 1 if the combination is not found in the group, and 2 if one of the arguments are invalid.

## OPTIONS

- **--domain \<***domain***\> \| -d** \<*domain*\>

  Search in the given domain.

- **--host \<***host name***\> \| -h** \<*host name*\>

  Search for the given host name.

- **--user \<***user name***\> \| -u** \<*user name*\>

  Search for the given user name.

- **--verbose \| -v**

  Enable verbose mode

- **--version \| -V**

  Show version information.

## EXAMPLES

To check if the current host is listed in the netgroup allhosts, use this command line:

if innetgr -h \`uname -n\` allhosts ; then echo "Found"; fi

## CONFORMING TO

A innetgr program first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.

## AUTHORS

Petter Reinholdtsen \<pere@hungry.com\>

## SEE ALSO

[getent(1)](/getent/1.md) [netgroup(1)](/netgroup/1.md) [innetgr(3)](/innetgr/3.md) [netgroup(5)](/netgroup/5.md) [nsswitch.conf(5)](/nsswitch.conf/5.md)