Creating New Contexts (Solaris Naming Administration Guide)

Solaris Naming Administration Guide

Creating New Contexts

The fncreate command is used to create contexts.

fncreate -t context [-f file] [-o] [-r reference] [-s] [-v] [-D] name

Table 20-5 fncreate Command Options


Option	Description
`-t context`	Create context of type `context`. `Context` types can be: `org`, `hostname`, `host`, `username`, `user`, `service`, `fs`, `site`, `nsid`, and `generic`.
`-f file`	Use an input file to list users and hosts for whom to create contexts.
`-r reference`	Type of reference. The `-r` `reference` option can only be used with `-t generic.`
`name`	A composite name
`-o`	Create only the context identified by `name`.
`-s`	Overwrite (supersede) any existing binding. If `-s` is not used, `fncreate` will fail if name is already bound.
`-D`	Display information about each context and corresponding tables, directories, and files as it is created.
`-v`	Verbose. Display information about each context as it is displayed.

For example:

To create a context and subcontexts for the root organization:

# fncreate -t org org//

To create a context, and subcontexts, for the host deneb:

# fncreate -t host host/deneb

To create a context, service and file subcontexts, and then add a calendar binding for the user sisulu:

# fncreate -t user user/sisulu
# fnbind -r user/sisulu onc_calendar onc_cal_str sisulu@deneb

To create a site context for the sales organization:

# fncreate -t site org/sales/site/

The site context supports a hierarchal namespace, with dot-separated right-to-left names, which allows sites to be partitioned by their geographical coverage relationships. For example, to create a site context alameda and a site subcontext bldg-6.alameda for it:

# fncreate -t site org/sales/site/alameda
# fncreate -t site org/sales/site/bldg-6.alameda