nisshowcache(1M)					  System Administration Commands					  nisshowcache(1M)

NAME

       nisshowcache - NIS+ utility to print out the contents of the shared cache file

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/nis/nisshowcache [-v]

DESCRIPTION

       nisshowcache prints out the contents of the per-machine NIS+ directory cache that is shared by all processes accessing NIS+ on the machine.
       By default, nisshowcache only prints out the directory names in the cache along with the list of active servers. The shared cache is  main-
       tained by nis_cachemgr(1M).

OPTIONS

       -v    Verbose  mode.  Print  out  the  contents	of  each  directory object, including the information on the server name and its universal
	     addresses.

FILES

       /var/nis/NIS_SHARED_DIRCACHE

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       nis_cachemgr(1M), syslogd(1M), nisfiles(4), attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       Error messages are sent to the syslogd(1M) daemon.

NOTES

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

SunOS 5.11							    13 Dec 2001 						  nisshowcache(1M)