NAME

mknetid — a NIS filter program

SYNOPSIS

mknetid

[-q] [-d domain] [-g groupfile] [-h hostfile] [-m netidfile] [-p passwdfile]

DESCRIPTION

mknetid is used to create a map named netid.byname. The map consists of information from passwd(5), group(5) and hosts(5) eventually concatenated with a netid(5) file.

The options are as follows:

-d domain

NIS domain to use instead of the default domain.

-g groupfile

Alternate group(5) file. Default is /etc/group.

-h hostfile

Alternate hosts(5) file. Default is /etc/hosts.

-m netidfile

Alternate netid(5) file. Default is /etc/netid.

-p passwdfile

Alternate passwd(5) file. Default is /etc/passwd.

-q

Keep quiet about multiple occurrences of a uid; ignore all but the first.

FILES

/etc/group

/etc/hosts

/etc/netid

/etc/passwd

SEE ALSO

domainname(1), group(5), hosts(5), netid(5), passwd(5), nis(8)

AUTHORS

Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>