HESINFO(1)HESINFO(1)NAMEhesinfo - find out what is stored in the Hesiod database
SYNOPSIShesinfo [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType
DESCRIPTIONhesinfo takes two arguments, a name to be resolved and a string, known
as a HesiodNameType. It then prints the information returned by the
Hesiod nameserver.
The value returned by hesinfo is of the type HesiodNameType.
hesinfo understands the following options:
-l Selects long format.
-b Prints the fully-qualified string passed to the nameserver.
VALID Hesiod_Names
The following types of identifiers may be used in the HesiodName argu‐
ment to hesinfo. These values will be resolved by accessing the hesiod
database.
<username>
the 8-character-or-less string used to identify users or classes
(e.g. joeuser, root, 1.00, etc). Used with the Hes‐
iod_Name_Types passwd, pobox, and filsys.
<uid> the id number assigned to a user.
<groupid>
the id number assigned to a group.
<groupname>
a name identifying a unique group.
<file-system-name>
the name of an athena file system.
<rvd server>:<pack>
the name of an rvd's server and pack seperated by a colon.
<nfs server>:<partition>
the name of an nfs server and its partition seperated by a
colon.
<workstation-name>
the machine name of an Athena workstation (e.g. E40-343-3).
<service-name>
name of an Athena service (e.g. Zephyr).
<service-type>
name of Unix service (valid entries are defined in /etc/ser‐
vices).
<printer-name>
name of a printer.
<printer-cluster-name>
name of an Athena print cluster.
<foo> some hesinfo calls (e.g. prclusterlist ) do not require a spe‐
cific HesiodName argument. However, you must include a dummy
string (e.g. 'foo') for hesinfo
to work properly.
VALID Hesiod_Name_Types
The following symbols are valid substitutions for the HesiodNameType
argument to hesinfo.
passwd
returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/passwd, searching
with <username>.
pobox returns information on the pobox assigned to the user specified
by HesiodName, searching with <username>.
uid returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/passwd, searching
with <uid>.
gid returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/group, searching
with <groupid>.
group returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/group, searching
with <groupname>.
grplist
returns subgroups included in superset defined by <groupname>.
filsys
returns file system type, export point, server, mount mode, and
import point for the following valid HesiodNames (see above) -
<file system name>, <username>, <rvd server>:<pack>, and <nfs
server>:<partition>
cluster
returns information about the local cluster the workstation,
specified by <workstation name>. Included is information about
the local file and print servers. This information is accesses
by clusterinfo at boot time.
sloc returns network name of service host for <service-name>.
service
returns Internet protocol type and protocol service port for
<service-type>.
pcap returns a valid entry for /etc/printcap for <printer-name>.
prcluserlist
returns a list of print clusters.
prcluster
returns a list of printers in a cluster specified by <printer-
cluster-name>.
FILES
/etc/athena/hesiod.conf
SEE ALSO
`Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service', named(8),
hesiod(3)AUTHOR
Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technol‐
ogy.
27 October 1996 HESINFO(1)
