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MKNETID(8) Reference Manual MKNETID(8)

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.

This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, don't print a warning message when finding an duplicate netid entry.
The -h flag can be used to specify the use of another hosts file than the default /etc/hosts.
The -p flag can be used to specify the use of another passwd file than the default /etc/passwd.
The -g flag can be used to specify the use of another group file than the default /etc/group.
The -n flag can be used to specify the use of another netid file than the default /etc/netid.
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.
Prints the version number

/etc/group
groups file
/etc/hosts
hosts database
/etc/netid
netname database
/etc/passwd
password file

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

mknetid was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.

August 2001 YP Server