nisrmdir(1)							   User Commands						       nisrmdir(1)

NAME

       nisrmdir - remove NIS+ directories

SYNOPSIS

       nisrmdir [-if] [-s hostname] dirname

DESCRIPTION

       nisrmdir deletes existing NIS+ subdirectories. It can remove a directory outright, or simply remove replicas from serving a directory.

       This  command  modifies	the  object  that  describes  the directory  dirname, and then notifies each replica to remove the directory named
       dirname. If the notification of any of the affected replicas fails, the directory object is returned to its original state  unless  the	-f
       option is present.

       This command will fail if the NIS+ master server is not running.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -i	      Interactive  mode.  Like the system  rm(1) command the nisrmdir command will ask for confirmation prior to removing a direc-
		      tory. If the name specified by dirname is a non-fully qualified name this option is forced on. This prevents the removal	of
		      unexpected directories.

       -f	      Force  the  command  to  succeed even though it may not be able to contact the affected replicas. This option should be used
		      when a replica is known to be down and will not be able to respond to the removal notification. When the replica is  finally
		      rebooted	it  will  read	the  updated  directory  object,  note that it is no longer a replica for that directory, and stop
		      responding to lookups on that directory. Cleanup of the files that held the now removed directory can be accomplished  manu-
		      ally by removing the appropriate files in the /var/nis directory. See nisfiles(4) for more information.

       -s hostname    Specify that the host hostname should be removed as a replica for the directory named dirname. If this option is not present
		      all replicas and the master server for a directory are removed and the directory is removed from the namespace.

       Special per-server and per-directory access restrictions may apply when this command  updates  the  serving  lists  of  the  affected  NIS+
       servers. For more information, see nisopaccess(1).

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported:

       dirname	  An existing NIS+ directory.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Using the nisrmdir Command

       To remove a directory  bar under the  foo.com. domain, one would use the command:

	 example% nisrmdir bar.foo.com.

       To remove a replica that is serving directory  bar.foo.com. one would use the command:

	 example% nisrmdir -s replica.foo.com. bar.foo.com.

       To force the removal of directory  bar.foo.com. from the namespace, one would use the command:

	 example% nisrmdir -f bar.foo.com.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       NIS_PATH     If	this  variable is set, and the NIS+ directory name is not fully qualified, each directory specified will be searched until
		    the directory is found. See nisdefaults(1).

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0    Successful operation.

       1    Operation failed.

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWnisu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       NIS+(1), nisdefaults(1), nisopaccess(1),nisrm(1), nisfiles(4), attributes(5)

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							    2 Dec 2005							       nisrmdir(1)