Solaris Naming Administration Guide

Browsing the FNS Namespace

Once the namespace has been set up, you can browse using the following commands:

fnlist to list context contents (see "Listing Context Contents")
fnlookup to display the bindings of a composite name (see "Displaying the Bindings of a Composite Name").
fnattr to show the attributes of a composite name (see "Showing the Attributes of a Composite Name").

Listing Context Contents

The fnlist command displays the names and references bound in the context of name.

fnlist [-lvA] [name]

Table 20-2 fnlist Command Options


Option	Description
`name`	A composite name. Displays the names bound in the context of `name`
`-v`	Verbose. Displays the binding in more detail
`-l`	Also displays the bindings of the names bound in the named context
`-A`	Forces `fnlist` to obtain its information from the authoritative server. Under NIS and NIS+, that is the domain master server. The `-A` option has no effect when the primary naming service is files.

For example:

To list names in the initial context:

% fnlist

To list in detail all the users in the current organizational unit:

% fnlist -v user

To list the contents of the service context for the user pug:

% fnlist user/pug/service

To list names and bindings from the authoritative server:

% fnlist -l -A

Displaying the Bindings of a Composite Name

The fnlookup command shows the binding of the given composite name.

fnlookup [-vAL] [name]

Table 20-3 fnlookup Command Options


Option	Description
`name`	The name of a context. Displays the binding and XFN link of `name`
`-v`	Verbose. Displays the binding in more detail
`-L`	Also displays the XFN link that the name is bound to
`-A`	Forces `fnlist` to obtain its information from the authoritative server. Under NIS and NIS+, that is the domain master server. The `-A` option has no effect when the primary naming service is files-based.

For example: to display the binding of user/ana/service/printer:

# fnlookup user/ana/service/printer

Showing the Attributes of a Composite Name

The fnattr command displays (and updates) the attributes of the given composite name.

For example, to search for the attributes associated with a user named ada:

# fnattr user/ada

To search for the attributes associated with a printer named laser-9:

# fnattr thisorgunit/service/printer/laser-9

See "Working With Attributes" for more details.

Searching for FNS Information

The fnsearch command displays the names and, optionally, the attributes and references of objects bound at or below a composite name whose attributes satisfy the given search criteria.

For example:

To list the users and their attributes who have an attribute called realname:

% fnsearch user realname

To list the users with the attribute realname whose value is Ravi Chattha:

% fnsearch user "realname == 'Ravi Chattha'"

The fnsearch command uses the common Boolean operators. Note the use of double and single quotes and double equals sign in the above example.