nis_local_names(3NSL)Networking Services Library Functionnis_local_names(3NSL)NAME
nis_local_names, nis_local_directory, nis_local_host, nis_local_group,
nis_local_principal - NIS+ local names
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lnsl [ library ... ]
#include <rpcsvc/nis.h>
nis_name nis_local_directory(void);
nis_name nis_local_host(void);
nis_name nis_local_group(void);
nis_name nis_local_principal(void);
DESCRIPTION
These functions return several default NIS+ names associated with the
current process.
nis_local_directory() returns the name of the NIS+ domain for this
machine. This is currently the same as the Secure RPC domain returned
by the sysinfo(2) system call.
nis_local_host() returns the NIS+ name of the current machine. This is
the fully qualified name for the host and is either the value returned
by the gethostname(3C) function or, if the host name is only partially
qualified, the concatenation of that value and the name of the NIS+
directory. Note that if a machine's name and address cannot be found in
the local NIS+ directory, its hostname must be fully qualified.
nis_local_group() returns the name of the current NIS+ group name. This
is currently set by setting the environment variable NIS_GROUP to the
groupname.
nis_local_principal() returns the NIS+ principal name for the user
associated with the effective UID of the calling process. This function
maps the effective uid into a principal name by looking for a LOCAL
type credential in the table named cred.org_dir in the default domain.
See nisaddcred(1M).
The result returned by these routines is a pointer to a data structure
with the NIS+ library, and should be considered a "read-only" result
and should not be modified.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
NIS_GROUP This variable contains the name of the local NIS+
group. If the name is not fully qualified, the value
returned by nis_local_directory() will be concatenated
to it.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOnisdefaults(1), nisaddcred(1M), sysinfo(2), gethostname(3C),
nis_names(3NSL), nis_objects(3NSL), attributes(5)NOTES
NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris operating
system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in
the current Solaris release. For more information, visit
http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.
SunOS 5.10 10 Nov 2005 nis_local_names(3NSL)
