mknetid - generate data for netid map
/usr/lib/yp/mknetid [ -q ] [ -h hosts ] [
-p passwd ] [ -g group ] [ -d domain ] [ -n
netid ]
/usr/lib/yp/mknetid --version
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.
- -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
- /etc/group
- groups file
- /etc/hosts
- hosts database
- /etc/netid
- netname database
- /etc/passwd
- password file
mknetid was written by Thorsten Kukuk
<kukuk@suse.de>.