Objects and table entries use different syntaxes.
Objects use simple object names.
Table entries use indexed names.
For objects
objectname |
For table entries
columnname=value],tablename |
In this case, the brackets are part of the syntax.
Indexed names can specify more than one column-value pair. If so, the operation applies only to the entries that match all the column-value pairs. The more column-value pairs you provide, the more stringent the search, as in the following.
Table 15–8 NIS+ Object and Table Entry – Examples
Type |
Example |
---|---|
Object |
hosts.org_dir.sales.doc.com. |
Table entry |
`[uid=33555],passwd.org_dir.Eng.doc.com.' |
Two-value table entry |
`[name=sales,gid=2],group.org_dir.doc.com.' |
Columns use a special version of indexed names. Because you can only work on columns with the nistbladm command, see Using the nistbladm Command With NIS+ Tables for more information.