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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)