nischgrp(1)
NAME
nischgrp - change the group owner of a NIS+ object
SYNOPSIS
nischgrp [-AfLP] group name...
DESCRIPTION
nischgrp changes the group owner of the NIS+ objects or
entries specified by name to the specified NIS+ group.
Entries are specified using indexed names (see nismatch(1)).
If group is not a fully qualified NIS+ group name, it will
be resolved using the directory search path (see nisde-
faults(1)).
The only restriction on changing an object's group owner is
that you must have modify permissions for the object.
This command will fail if the master NIS+ server is not run-
ning.
The NIS+ server will check the validity of the group name
prior to effecting the modification.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-A Modify all entries in all tables in the concatenation
path that match the search criterion specified in
name. This option implies the -P switch.
-f Force the operation and fail silently if it does not
succeed.
-L Follow links and change the group owner of the linked
object or entries rather than the group owner of the
link itself.
-P Follow the concatenation path within a named table.
This option only makes sense when either name is an
indexed name or the -L switch is also specified and
the named object is a link pointing to entries.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the nischgrp Command
The following two examples show how to change the group
owner of an object to a group in a different domain, and how
to change it to a group in the local domain, respectively.
example% nischgrp newgroup.remote.domain. object
example% nischgrp my-buds object
This example shows how to change the group owner for a pass-
word entry.
example% nischgrp admins '[uid=99],passwd.org_dir'
In the previous example, admins is a NIS+ group in the same
domain.
The next two examples change the group owner of the object
or entries pointed to by a link, and the group owner of all
entries in the hobbies table.
example% nischgrp -L my-buds linkname
example% nischgrp my-buds '[],hobbies'
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
NIS_PATH
If this variable is set, and the NIS+ name is not
fully qualified, each directory specified will be
searched until the object is found (see nisde-
faults(1)).
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful operation.
1 Operation failed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWnisu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
nis+(1), nischmod(1), nischown(1), nisdefaults(1), nis-
grpadm(1), nismatch(1), nis_objects(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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