centos man page for mknetid

Query: mknetid

OS: centos

Section: 8

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MKNETID(8)						       NIS Reference Manual							MKNETID(8)

NAME
mknetid - generate data for netid map
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/yp/mknetid [-q] [-h hosts] [-p passwd] [-g group] [-d domain] [-n netid] /usr/lib/yp/mknetid --version
DESCRIPTION
mknetid generates the netid.byname NIS map from the contents of the group(5), passwd(5), hosts(5) and netid files. It checks for multiple entrys of netids and warn for them or filters them out. It is only called by /var/yp/Makefile when rebuilding the NIS map.
OPTIONS
-q This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, don't print a warning message when finding an duplicate netid entry. -h hosts The -h flag can be used to specify the use of another hosts file than the default /etc/hosts. -p passwd The -p flag can be used to specify the use of another passwd file than the default /etc/passwd. -g group The -g flag can be used to specify the use of another group file than the default /etc/group. -n netid The -n flag can be used to specify the use of another netid file than the default /etc/netid. -d domain The mknetid command uses the system domainname by default. If it is not set or you whish to override it, you must use the -d parameter. --version Prints the version number
FILES
/etc/group groups file /etc/hosts hosts database /etc/netid netname database /etc/passwd password file
SEE ALSO
passwd(8), group(5), hosts(5), passwd(5)
AUTHOR
mknetid was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>. NIS Reference Manual 09/26/2007 MKNETID(8)
Related Man Pages
netid(4) - sunos
ypmatch(1) - osf1
domainname(1m) - sunos
nisaddent(1m) - mojave
nisaddent(1m) - centos
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