Solaris Naming Administration Guide

Binding a Reference to a Composite Name

The fnbind command is used to bind an existing reference (name) to a new composite name.

fnbind -r [-s][-v][-L] name [-O|-U] newname reftype addrtype [-c|-x] address

Table 20-4 fnbind Command Options


Option	Description
`name`	The existing composite name
`newname`	The composite name of the new binding
`addrtype`	Address type to use. Applications-specific such as `onc_cal_str`.
`address`	Address contents to use. For example, `tsvi@altair`.
`reftype`	Reference type to use. Applications-specific such as `one_calendar`.
`-s`	Bind to `newname` even if it is already bound. This replaces the previous binding of `newname`. Without `-s`, fnbind fails if `newname` is already bound.
`-v`	Display the reference that will be bound to `newname.`
`-L`	Create an XFN link using `oldname` and bind it to `newname`.
`-r`	Bind `newname` to the reference constructed by the command line arguments.
`-c`	Store `address` contents in the form as entered, do not use XDR-encoding.
`-x`	Convert `address` to a hexadecimal string without converting it to XDR-encoding.
`-O`	The identifier format is FN_ID_ISO_OID_STRING, an ASN.1 dot-separated integer list string.
`-U`	The identifier format is FN_ID_DCE_UUID, a DCE UUID in string form.

For example:

To add a calendar binding for the user jamal:

# fnbind -r user/jamal/service/calendar onc_calendar onc_cal_str
 jamal@cygnus

To replace the existing binding of org//service/Sparc-4 with that of org//service/printer:

# fnbind -s org//service/printer org//service/Sparc-4

To copy the reference site/bldg-5/service/printer to user/ando/service/printer:

# fnbind site/bldg-5/service/printer user/ando/service/printer

To bind the reference site/bldg-5/service/printer to user/ando/service/printer using a symbolic link:

# fnbind -L site/bldg-5/service/printer user/ando/service/printer

To bind the name thisens/service/calendar to the address staff@altair, when staff@altair is a reference of the type onc_cal and an address of the type onc_cal_str:

# fnbind -r thisens/service/calendar onc_calendar onc_cal_str staff@altair

To bind newname to the reference constructed by its command line address

# fnbind -r [-sv] newname [-O|-U] reftype {[-O|-U] addrtype [-c|-x] address}