nisdefaults(1) User Commands nisdefaults(1)NAMEnisdefaults - display NIS+ default values
SYNOPSISnisdefaults [-adghprstv]
DESCRIPTION
The nisdefaults utility prints the default values that are returned by
calls to the NIS+ local name functions (see nis_local_names(3NSL)).
With no options specified, all defaults will be printed in a verbose
format. With options, only that option is displayed in a terse form
suitable for shell scripts. See the example below.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a Print all defaults in a terse format.
-d Print the default domain name.
-g Print the default group name.
-h Print the default host name.
-p Print the default principal name.
-r Print the default access rights with which new objects will be
created.
-s Print the default directory search path.
-t Print the default time to live value.
-v Print the defaults in a verbose format. This prepends an identi‐
fying string to the output.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Printing NIS+ defaults
The following prints the NIS+ defaults for a root process on machine
example in the foo.bar. domain:
example# nisdefaults
Principal Name : example.foo.bar.
Domain Name : foo.bar.
Host Name : example.foo.bar.
Group Name :
Access Rights : −−−−rmcdr−−−r−−−
Time to live : 12:00:00
Search Path : foo.bar.
Example 2 Setting a variable in the shell script
This example sets a variable in a shell script to the default domain:
DOMAIN=`nisdefaults -d`
Example 3 Printing the default time to live in verbose format
This example prints out the default time to live in a verbose format:
example% nisdefaults-tv
Time to live : 12:00:00
Example 4 Printing the time to live in terse format
This example prints out the time to live in the terse format:
example% nisdefaults-t
43200
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
Several environment variables affect the defaults associated with a
process.
NIS_DEFAULTS This variable contains a defaults string that will
override the NIS+ standard defaults. The defaults
string is a series of tokens separated by colons. These
tokens represent the default values to be used for the
generic 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.
The value time is specified in the
format as defined by the nischttl
(1) command. The default value is 12
hours.
owner=ownername This token specifies that the NIS+
principal ownername should own cre‐
ated objects. The default for this
value is the principal who is exe‐
cuting the command.
group=groupname This token specifies that the group
groupname should be the group owner
for created objects. The default is
NULL.
access=rights This token specifies the set of
access rights that are to be granted
for created objects. The value
rights is specified in the format as
defined by the nischmod(1) command.
The default value is:
−−−−rmcdr−−−r−−−.
NIS_GROUP This variable contains the name of the local NIS+
group. If the name is not fully qualified, the default
domain will be appended to it.
NIS_PATH This variable overrides the default NIS+ directory
search path. It contains an ordered list of directories
separated by ':' (colon) characters. The '$' (dollar
sign) character is treated specially. Directory names
that end in '$' have the default domain appended to
them, and a '$' by itself is replaced by the list of
directories between the default domain and the global
root that are at least two levels deep. The default
NIS+ directory search path is '$'.
Refer to the Name Expansion subsection in NIS+(1) for
more details.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWnisu │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOnischmod(1), nischttl(1), nis+(1), nis_local_names(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 2 Dec 2005 nisdefaults(1)
