System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+)

Displaying the Object Properties of an NIS+ Table or Entry

To list the object properties of a table, use niscat -o and the table's name:

niscat -o tablename.org_dir

To display the object properties of a table entry, use niscat -o and specify the entry with an indexed name:

entry ::=column=value \
 ... tablename | \
 [column=value,...],\
 tablename

Here are two examples, one for a table and one for a table entry:

Table

rootmaster# niscat -o hosts.org_dir.doc.com.
Object Name : hosts
Owner : rootmaster.doc.com.
Group : admin.doc.com.
Domain : org_dir.doc.com.
Access Rights : ----rmcdr---r---
Time to Live : 12:0:0
Object Type : TABLE
Table Type : hosts_tbl
Number of Columns : 4
Character Separator :
Search Path :
Columns :
 [0] Name : cname
 Attributes : (SEARCHABLE, TEXTUAL DATA, CASE INS
 Access Rights: ----------------
 [1] Name : name
 Attributes : (SEARCHABLE, TEXTUAL DATA, CASE INS
 Access Rights: ----------------
 [2] Name : addr
 Attributes : (SEARCHABLE, TEXTUAL DATA, CASE INS
 Access Rights: ----------------
 [3] Name : comment
 Attributes : (TEXTUAL DATA)
 Access Rights: ----------------

Table entry

rootmaster# niscat -o [name=rootmaster],hosts.org_dir.doc.com.
Object Name : hosts
Owner : rootmaster.doc.com.
Group : admin.doc.com.
Domain : org_dir.doc.com.
Access Rights : ----rmcdr---r---
Time to Live : 12:0:0
Object Type : ENTRY
 Entry data of type hosts_tbl
 Entry has 4 columns.
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