In the context of table administration, an NIS+ indexed name is a name that combines a table name with column value search criteria to identify and select particular entries in a table. Indexed names use the format:
[search_criteria],tablename.directory |
Note that search_criteria must be enclosed in square brackets [ ]. The search_criteria use the format:
columname=value, \ columname=value,... |
Where columname=value pairs are column values from the table's searchable columns as described in nistbladm and NIS+ Column Values.
For example, to identify the altair entry in Table 19–2 you could use the indexed name:
[addr=172.22.168.4,cname=altair],hosts.org_dir.doc.com. |
The nistbladm -R command allows you to remove all the entries in a table by using the two square brackets with nothing between them [ ] as a wildcard specifying all table rows.