Each transaction consists of two parts: the particulars of the transaction and a copy of an object definition.
Here is an example that shows the transaction log entry that was made when the doc.com. directory was first created. "XID" refers to the transaction ID.
rootmaster# /usr/sbin/nislog -h 1 NIS Log printing facility. NIS Log dump: Log state : STABLE Number of updates : 48 Current XID : 39 Size of log in bytes : 18432 ***UPDATES*** @@@@@@@@@@@@@@TRANSACTION@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #00000, XID : 1 Time : Wed Nov 25 10:50:59 1992 Directory : doc.com. Entry type : ADD Name Entry timestamp : Wed Nov 25 10:50:59 1992 Principal : rootmaster.doc.com. Object name : org_dir.doc.com. ...................Object...................... Object Name : org_dir Owner : rootmaster.doc.com. Group : admin.doc.com. Domain : doc.com. Access Rights : r---rmcdr---r--- Time to Live : 24:0:0 Object Type : DIRECTORY Name : `org_dir.doc.com.' Type: NIS Master Server : rootmaster.doc.com. . . ................................................ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@TRANSACTION@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #00000, XID : 2 |