freebsd man page for mknetid

MKNETID(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						MKNETID(8)

NAME
     mknetid -- generate netid map data

SYNOPSIS
     mknetid [-q] [-g group_file] [-p passwd_file] [-h hosts_file] [-n netid_file] [-d domain]

DESCRIPTION
     The mknetid utility processes the contents of the group(5), passwd(5), hosts(5) and netid(5) files into the format used to generate the
     netid.byname NIS map.  This map is used to hold credential information for both users and hosts in an operating system independent format.

     The mknetid utility checks for duplicate occurrences of netids and filters them out.

     The mknetid utility prints its results on the standard output.  It is usually called only by /var/yp/Makefile when rebuilding the NIS maps.

OPTIONS
     The mknetid utility supports the following options:

     -q      Normally, mknetid prints a warning message when it encounters a duplicate netid.  This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, allowing the warn-
	     ings to be suppressed.  Other error messages may still be generated.

     -g group_file
	     Specify the location of the group information file.  The compiled-in default is /etc/group.

     -p passwd_file
	     Specify the location of the passwd information file.  The compiled-in default is /etc/passwd.

     -h hosts_file
	     Specify the location of the hosts database file.  The compiled-in default is /etc/hosts.

     -n netid_file
	     Specify the location of the netid information file.  The compiled-in default is /etc/netid.  Note that no error is generated if the
	     netid database cannot be found.  The netid database is not likely to be present on most systems until Secure RPC support is added to
	     FreeBSD.

     -d domain
	     By default, the mknetid utility uses the system domainname when generating netid records.	If the system domainname is not set, the
	     domain must be specified on the command line with the -d flag.  If the domainname is set, the -d flag may be used to override it.

FILES
     /var/yp/Makefile  the Makefile that calls yp_mkdb and mknetid to build the NIS databases
     /etc/group        the default group database file
     /etc/passwd       the default passwd database file
     /etc/hosts        the default hosts database file
     /etc/netid        the default netid database file

SEE ALSO
     yp(8), yp_mkdb(8)

AUTHORS
     Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>

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