redhat man page for niserror

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 SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from  NIS+  to  LDAP  are
       available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10							    10 Dec 2001 						       niserror(1)