hesinfo
—
find out what is stored in the Hesiod database
hesinfo |
[-bl ] HesiodName
HesiodNameType |
hesinfo
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.
The following types of identifiers may be used in the
HesiodName argument to hesinfo
.
These values will be resolved by accessing the
hesiod(3) database.
- ⟨username⟩
- the 8-character-or-less string used to identify users or classes (e.g.
joeuser, root, 1.00, etc). Used with the
Hesiod_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 separated by a colon.
- ⟨nfs server⟩:⟨partition⟩
- the name of an nfs server and its partition separated 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/services).
- ⟨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 specific
HesiodName argument. However, you must include a
dummy string (e.g., “foo”) for
hesinfo
to work properly.
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⟩.
Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.