nis_ping(3NSL)					       Networking Services Library Functions					    nis_ping(3NSL)

NAME

       nis_ping, nis_checkpoint - NIS+ log administration functions

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lnsl [ library ... ]
       #include <rpcsvc/nis.h>

       void nis_ping(nis_name dirname,	uint32_t utime, nis_object *dirobj);

       nis_result *nis_checkpoint(nis_name dirname);

DESCRIPTION

       nis_ping()  is called by the master server for a directory when a change has occurred within that directory. The parameter  dirname identi-
       fies the directory with the change. If the parameter  dirobj is NULL, this function looks up the  directory object for	dirname  and  uses
       the  list  of replicas it contains. The parameter  utime contains the timestamp of the last change made to the directory. This timestamp is
       used by the replicas when retrieving updates made to the directory.

       The effect of calling nis_ping() is to schedule an update on the replica. A short time after a ping is received, typically about  two  min-
       utes,  the  replica compares  the last update time for its databases to the timestamp sent by the ping. If the ping timestamp is later, the
       replica establishes a connection with the master  server and request all changes from the log that occurred after the  last update that	it
       had recorded in its local log.

       nis_checkpoint()  is  used to force the service to checkpoint information that has been entered in the log but has not been checkpointed to
       disk. When called, this function checkpoints the database for each table in the directory, the database containing the  directory  and  the
       transaction log. Care should be used in calling this function since directories that have seen a lot of changes may take several minutes to
       checkpoint. During the checkpointing process, the service will be unavailable for updates for all directories   that  are  served  by  this
       machine as master.

       nis_checkpoint()  returns a pointer to a nis_result structure. See nis_tables(3NSL). This structure should be freed with  nis_freeresult().
       See nis_names(3NSL). The only items of interest in the returned result are the status value and the statistics.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       nislog(1M), nis_names(3NSL), nis_tables(3NSL), nisfiles(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from  NIS+  to  LDAP  are
       available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10							    18 Dec 2001 						    nis_ping(3NSL)