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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(3) 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 separated by a colon.
<nfs server>:<partition>
the name of an nfs server and its partition separated 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(3), named(8)

Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service.

AUTHORS

Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena

Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

October 27, 1996 NetBSD 7.0
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