NAME¶
hesinfo - find out what is stored in the Hesiod database
SYNOPSIS¶
hesinfo [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType
DESCRIPTION¶
hesinfo 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 database.
- <username>
- the 8-character-or-less string used to identify 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 seperated by a colon.
- <nfs server>:<partition>
- the name of an nfs server and its partition seperated 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 ALSO¶
`Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service',
named(8),
hesiod(3)
AUTHOR¶
Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.