OpenSolaris 2009.06 - man page for niserror (opensolaris section 1)

niserror(1)				  User Commands 			      niserror(1)

NAME
       niserror - display NIS+ error messages

SYNOPSIS
       niserror error-num

DESCRIPTION
       niserror  prints  the   NIS+  error associated with status value error-num on the standard
       output. It is used by shell scripts to translate NIS+ error numbers that are returned into
       text messages.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Using niserror

       The following example prints the error associated with the error number 20:

	 example% niserror 20
	 Not Found, no such name

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

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

SEE ALSO
       NIS+(1), nis_error(3NSL), 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				      niserror(1)