MKNETID(8) NIS Reference Manual MKNETID(8)NAMEmknetid - generate data for netid map
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/yp/mknetid [-q] [-h hosts] [-p passwd] [-g group] [-d domain]
[-n netid]
/usr/lib/yp/mknetid --version
DESCRIPTIONmknetid generates the netid.byname NIS map from the contents of the
group(5), passwd(5), hosts(5) and netid files. It checks for multiple
entrys of netids and warn for them or filters them out. It is only
called by /var/yp/Makefile when rebuilding the NIS map.
OPTIONS-q
This flag turns on ´quiet´ mode, don´t print a warning message when
finding an duplicate netid entry.
-h hosts
The -h flag can be used to specify the use of another hosts file
than the default /etc/hosts.
-p passwd
The -p flag can be used to specify the use of another passwd file
than the default /etc/passwd.
-g group
The -g flag can be used to specify the use of another group file
than the default /etc/group.
-n netid
The -n flag can be used to specify the use of another netid file
than the default /etc/netid.
-d domain
The mknetid command uses the system domainname by default. If it is
not set or you whish to override it, you must use the -d parameter.
--version
Prints the version number
FILES
/etc/group
groups file
/etc/hosts
hosts database
/etc/netid
netname database
/etc/passwd
password file
SEE ALSOpasswd(8), group(5), hosts(5), passwd(5)AUTHORmknetid was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.
NIS Reference Manual 09/26/2007 MKNETID(8)
