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Name

mknetid - generate data for netid map

Synopsis

/usr/libexec/yp/mknetid [ -q ] [ -h hosts ] [ -p passwd ] [ -g group ] [ -d domain ] [ -n netid ] /usr/libexec/yp/mknetid --version

Description

mknetid 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,d on'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 then the default /etc/hosts.
-p passwd
The -p flag can be used to specify the use of another passwd file then the default /etc/passwd.
-g group
The -g flag can be used to specify the use of another group file then the default /etc/group.
-n netid
The -n flag can be used to specify the use of another netid file then 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 Also

passwd(8) , group(5) , hosts(5) , passwd(5)

Author

Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@uni-paderborn.de>


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