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.TH MKNETID 8 "August 2001" "YP Server" "Reference Manual"
.SH NAME
mknetid \- generate data for netid map
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/lib/yp/mknetid
[
.B \-q
]
[
.B \-h hosts
]
[
.B \-p passwd
]
[
.B \-g group
]
[
.B \-d domain
]
[
.B \-n netid
]
.LP
.B /usr/lib/yp/mknetid
.B \-\-version
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B mknetid
generates the \fInetid.byname\fP 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
.B /var/yp/Makefile
when rebuilding the NIS map.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-q
This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, don't print a warning message when
finding an duplicate netid entry.
.TP
.BI \-h " hosts"
The
.B \-h
flag can be used to specify the use of another hosts file
than the default \fI/etc/hosts\fP.
.TP
.BI \-p " passwd"
The
.B \-p
flag can be used to specify the use of another passwd file
than the default \fI/etc/passwd\fP.
.TP
.BI \-g " group"
The
.B \-g
flag can be used to specify the use of another group file
than the default \fI/etc/group\fP.
.TP
.BI \-n " netid"
The
.B \-n
flag can be used to specify the use of another netid file
than the default \fI/etc/netid\fP.
.TP
.BI \-d " domain"
The
.B mknetid
command uses the system domainname by default. If it is not set
or you whish to override it, you must use the
.B \-d
parameter.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Prints the version number
.SH FILES
.PD 0
.TP 20
.B /etc/group
groups file
.TP
.B /etc/hosts
hosts database
.TP
.B /etc/netid
netname database
.TP
.B /etc/passwd
password file
.PD
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR passwd (8),
.BR group (5),
.BR hosts (5),
.BR passwd (5)
.LP
.SH AUTHOR
.B mknetid
was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.