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author | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-04 13:27:05 +0000 |
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committer | Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-04 13:27:05 +0000 |
commit | bbe745973d896c0d2e09436c7c117e3569e8cf1e (patch) | |
tree | cfc11eb416513e8c9f3b6b7f3edeb9f6832f5002 | |
parent | be5eadbc1bc4eb918cd77a7aab3296fecbdf9148 (diff) | |
download | src-bbe745973d896c0d2e09436c7c117e3569e8cf1e.tar.gz src-bbe745973d896c0d2e09436c7c117e3569e8cf1e.zip |
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-rw-r--r-- | libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8 | 30 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8 b/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8 index 8204eae09491..b9930a9ae54e 100644 --- a/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8 +++ b/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8 @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ and files into the format used to generate the .Pa netid.byname .Tn NIS -map. This map is used to hold credential information for both users +map. +This map is used to hold credential information for both users and hosts in a operating system independent format. .Pp The @@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ them out. .Pp The .Nm -command prints its results on the standard output. It is usually called +command prints its results on the standard output. +It is usually called only by .Pa /var/yp/Makefile when rebuilding the @@ -82,25 +84,31 @@ Normally, .Nm prints a warning message when it encounters a duplicate netid. This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, allowing the warnings to be -suppressed. Other error messages may still be generated. +suppressed. +Other error messages may still be generated. .It Fl g Ar group_file Specify the location of the group information -file. The compiled-in default is +file. +The compiled-in default is .Pa /etc/group . .It Fl p Ar passwd_file Specify the location of the passwd information -file. The compiled-in default is +file. +The compiled-in default is .Pa /etc/passwd . .It Fl h Ar hosts_file Specify the location of the hosts database -file. The compiled-in default is +file. +The compiled-in default is .Pa /etc/hosts . .It Fl n Ar netid_file Specify the location of the netid information -file. The compiled-in default is +file. +The compiled-in default is .Pa /etc/netid . Note that no error is generated if the netid database can't be -found. The netid database is not likely to be present on most systems +found. +The netid database is not likely to be present on most systems until .Tn Secure RPC support is added to @@ -108,11 +116,13 @@ support is added to .It Fl d Ar domain By default, the .Nm -command uses the system domainname when generating netid records. If +command uses the system domainname when generating netid records. +If the system domainname is not set, the domain must be specified on the command line with the .Fl d -flag. If the domainname is set, the +flag. +If the domainname is set, the .Fl d flag may be used to override it. .El |