aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-04 13:27:05 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-04 13:27:05 +0000
commitbbe745973d896c0d2e09436c7c117e3569e8cf1e (patch)
treecfc11eb416513e8c9f3b6b7f3edeb9f6832f5002
parentbe5eadbc1bc4eb918cd77a7aab3296fecbdf9148 (diff)
downloadsrc-bbe745973d896c0d2e09436c7c117e3569e8cf1e.tar.gz
src-bbe745973d896c0d2e09436c7c117e3569e8cf1e.zip
Notes
-rw-r--r--libexec/mknetid/mknetid.830
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