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  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       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.