HESINFO(1) BSD General Commands Manual HESINFO(1)NAMEhesinfo — find out what is stored in the Hesiod database
SYNOPSIShesinfo [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType
DESCRIPTIONhesinfo takes two arguments, a name to be resolved and a string, known as
a HesiodNameType. It then prints the information returned by the Hesiod
nameserver.
The value returned by hesinfo is of the type HesiodNameType.
hesinfo understands the following options:
-l Selects long format.
-b Prints the fully-qualified string passed to the nameserver.
VALID Hesiod_Names
The following types of identifiers may be used in the HesiodName argument
to hesinfo. These values will be resolved by accessing the hesiod(3)
database.
⟨username⟩ the 8-character-or-less string used to iden‐
tify users or classes (e.g. joeuser, root,
1.00, etc). Used with the Hesiod_Name_Types
passwd, pobox, and filsys.
⟨uid⟩ the id number assigned to a user.
⟨groupid⟩ the id number assigned to a group.
⟨groupname⟩ a name identifying a unique group.
⟨file-system-name⟩ the name of an athena file system.
⟨rvd server⟩:⟨pack⟩ the name of an rvd's server and pack separated
by a colon.
⟨nfs server⟩:⟨partition⟩ the name of an nfs server and its partition
separated by a colon.
⟨workstation-name⟩ the machine name of an Athena workstation
(e.g. E40-343-3).
⟨service-name⟩ name of an Athena service (e.g. Zephyr).
⟨service-type⟩ name of Unix service (valid entries are
defined in /etc/services).
⟨printer-name⟩ name of a printer.
⟨printer-cluster-name⟩ name of an Athena print cluster.
⟨foo⟩ some hesinfo calls (e.g., prclusterlist) do
not require a specific HesiodName argument.
However, you must include a dummy string
(e.g., “foo”) for hesinfo to work properly.
VALID Hesiod_Name_Types
The following symbols are valid substitutions for the HesiodNameType
argument to hesinfo.
passwd returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/passwd, searching
with ⟨username⟩.
pobox returns information on the pobox assigned to the user specified
by HesiodName, searching with ⟨username⟩.
uid returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/passwd, searching
with ⟨uid⟩.
gid returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/group, searching
with ⟨groupid⟩.
group returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/group, searching
with ⟨groupname⟩.
grplist returns subgroups included in superset defined by ⟨groupname⟩.
filsys returns file system type, export point, server, mount mode, and
import point for the following valid HesiodNames (see above) -
⟨file system name⟩, ⟨username⟩, ⟨rvd server⟩:⟨pack⟩, and ⟨nfs
server⟩:⟨partition⟩.
cluster returns information about the local cluster the workstation,
specified by ⟨workstation name⟩. Included is information about
the local file and print servers. This information is accesses
by clusterinfo at boot time.
sloc returns network name of service host for ⟨service-name⟩.
service returns Internet protocol type and protocol service port for
⟨service-type⟩.
pcap returns a valid entry for /etc/printcap for ⟨printer-name⟩.
prcluserlist
returns a list of print clusters.
prcluster
returns a list of printers in a cluster specified by
⟨printer-cluster-name⟩.
FILES
/etc/hesiod.conf
SEE ALSOhesiod(3), named(8)
Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service.
AUTHORS
Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
BSD October 27, 1996 BSD
