NAME¶
mknetid - 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
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, 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
AUTHOR¶
mknetid was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.