nisln(1)
NAME
nisln - symbolically link NIS+ objects
SYNOPSIS
nisln [-L] [-D defaults] name linkname
DESCRIPTION
The nisln command links a NIS+ object named name to a NIS+
name linkname. If name is an indexed name (see nismatch(1)),
the link points to entries within a NIS+ table. Clients
wishing to look up information in the name service can use
the FOLLOW_LINKS flag to force the client library to follow
links to the name they point to. Further, all of the NIS+
administration commands accept the -L switch indicating they
should follow links (see nis_names(3NSL) for a description
of the FOLLOW_LINKS flag).
When creating the link, nisln verifies that the linked
object exists. Once created, the linked object may be
deleted or replaced and the link will not be affected. At
that time, the link will become invalid and attempts to fol-
low it will return NIS_LINKNAMEERROR to the client. When
the path attribute in tables specifies a link rather than
another table, the link will be followed if the flag
FOLLOW_LINKS was present in the call to nis_list() (see
nis_tables(3NSL)) and ignored if the flag is not present. If
the flag is present and the link is no longer valid, a warn-
ing is sent to the system logger and the link is ignored.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-D defaults
Specify a different set of defaults to be used for the
creation of the link object. The defaults string is a
series of tokens separated by colons. These tokens
represent the default values to be used for the gen-
eric object properties. All of the legal tokens are
described below.
ttl=time
This token sets the default time to live for
objects that are created by this command. The
value time is specified in the format as defined
by the nischttl(1) command. The default is 12
hours.
owner=ownername
This token specifies that the NIS+ principal
ownername should own the created object. The
default for this value is the the principal who
is executing the command.
group=groupname
This token specifies that the group groupname
should be the group owner for the object that is
created. The default is NULL.
access=rights
This token specifies the set of access rights
that are to be granted for the given object. The
value rights is specified in the format as
defined by the nischmod(1) command. The default
value is ----rmcdr---r---.
-L When present, this option specifies that this command
should follow links. If name is itself a link, then
this command will follow it to the linked object that
it points to. The new link will point to that linked
object rather than to name.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Creating a link
In this example, we create a link in the domain foo.com.
named hosts that points to the object hosts.bar.com.:
example% nisln hosts.bar.com. hosts.foo.com.
Example 2: Making a link that points to an entry in the
hosts table
In this example, we make a link example.foo.com. that points
to an entry in the hosts table in eng.foo.com:
example% nisln '[name=example],hosts.eng.foo.com.' example.foo.com.
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
nisdefaults(1), nismatch(1), nisrm(1), nistbladm(1),
nis_names(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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