niscat(1)
NAME
niscat - display NIS+ tables and objects
SYNOPSIS
niscat [-AhLMv] [-s sep] tablename...
niscat [-ALMP] -o name...
DESCRIPTION
In the first synopsis, niscat displays the contents of the
NIS+ tables named by tablename. In the second synopsis, it
displays the internal representation of the NIS+ objects
named by name.
Columns without values in the table are displayed by two
adjacent separator characters.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-A Displays the data within the table and all of the
data in tables in the initial table's concatenation
path.
-h Displays the header line prior to displaying the
table. The header consists of the `#' (hash) character
followed by the name of each column. The column names
are separated by the table separator character.
-L Follows links. When this option is specified, if
tablename or name names a LINK type object, the link
is followed and the object or table named by the link
is displayed.
-M Master server only. This option specifies that the
request should be sent to the master server of the
named data. This guarantees that the most up-to-date
information is seen at the possible expense of
increasing the load on the master server and increas-
ing the possibility of the NIS+ server being unavail-
able or busy for updates.
-o name
Displays the internal representation of the named NIS+
object(s). If name is an indexed name (see
nismatch(1)), then each of the matching entry objects
is displayed. This option is used to display access
rights and other attributes of individual columns.
-P Follows concatenation path. This option specifies that
the request should follow the concatenation path of a
table if the initial search is unsuccessful. This
option is only useful when using an indexed name for
name and the -o option.
-s sep
This option specifies the character to use to separate
the table columns. If no character is specified, the
default separator for the table is used.
-v Displays binary data directly. This option displays
columns containing binary data on the standard output.
Without this option binary data is displayed as the
string *BINARY*.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Displaying the contents of the hosts table
example% niscat -h hosts.org_dir
# cname name addr comment
client1 client1 192.168.201.100 Joe Smith
crunchy crunchy 192.168.201.44 Jane Smith
crunchy softy 192.168.201.44
The string *NP* is returned in those fields where the user
has insufficient access rights.
Example 2: Displaying on the standard output
Display the passwd.org_dir on the standard output.
example% niscat passwd.org_dir
Example 3: Displaying table contents
Display the contents of table frodo and the contents of all
tables in its concatenation path.
example% niscat -A frodo
Example 4: Displaying table entries
Display the entries in the table groups.org_dir as NIS+
objects. Notice that the brackets are protected from the
shell by single quotes.
example% niscat -o '[ ]groups.org_dir'
Example 5: Displaying the table object
Display the table object of the passwd.org_dir table.
example% niscat -o passwd.org_dir
The previous example displays the passwd table object and
not the passwd table. The table object includes information
such as the number of columns, column type, searchable or
not searchable separator, access rights, and other defaults.
Example 6: Displaying the directory object
Display the directory object for org_dir, which includes
information such as the access rights and replica informa-
tion.
example% niscat -o org_dir
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
NIS_PATH
If this variable is set, and the NIS+ table name is
not fully qualified, each directory specified will be
searched until the table is found (see nisde-
faults(1)).
EXIT STATUS
niscat returns the following values:
0 Successful completion
1 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWnisu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
nis+(1), nisdefaults(1), nismatch(1), nistbladm(1),
nis_objects(3NSL), nis_tables(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.
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