nistbladm and Indexed Names

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 Column Values".

For example, to identify the altair entry in Table 14-2 you could use the indexed name:

[addr=129.146.168.4,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.