System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+)

Displaying NIS+ Defaults—The `nisdefaults` Command

The nisdefaults command displays the seven default values currently active in the namespace. These default values are either

Preset values supplied by the NIS+ software
The defaults specified in the NIS_DEFAULTS environment variable (if you have NIS_DEFAULTS values set)

Any object that you create on this machine will automatically acquire these default values unless you override them with the -D option of the command you are using to create the object.

Table 15–12 The Seven NIS+ Default Values and nisdefaults Options


Default	Option	From	Description
Domain	`-d`	`/etc/defaultdomain`	Displays the home domain of the machine from which the command was entered.
Group	`-g`	`NIS_GROUP` environment variable	Displays the group that would be assigned to the next object created from this shell.
Host	`-h`	`uname` `-n`	Displays the machine's host name.
Principal	`-p`	`gethostbyname()`	Displays the fully qualified user name or host name of the NIS+ principal who entered the `nisdefaults` command.
Access Rights	`-r`	`NIS_DEFAULTS` environment variable	Displays the access rights that will be assigned to the next object or entry created from this shell. Format: `----rmcdr---r---`
Search path	`-s`	`NIS_PATH` environment variable	Displays the syntax of the search path, which indicate the domains that NIS+ will search through when looking for information. Displays the value of the `NIS_PATH` environment variable if it is set.
Time-to-live	`-t`	`NIS_DEFAULTS` environment variable	Displays the time-to-live that will be assigned to the next object created from this shell. The default is 12 hours.
All (terse)	`-a`		Displays all seven defaults in terse format.
Verbose	`-v`	Display specified values in verbose mode.

You can use these options to display all default values or any subset of them:

To display all values in verbose format, type the nisdefaults command without arguments.

master% nisdefaults
Principal Name : topadmin.doc.com.
Domain Name : doc.com.
Host Name : rootmaster.doc.com.
Group Name : salesboss
Access Rights : ----rmcdr---r---
Time to live : 12:00:00:00:00
Search Path : doc.com.

To display all values in terse format, add the -a option.
To display a subset of the values, use the appropriate options. The values are displayed in terse mode. For example, to display the rights and search path defaults in terse mode, type:
rootmaster% nisdefaults -rs ----rmcdr---r--- doc.com.

To display a subset of the values in verbose mode, add the -v flag.

Displaying NIS+ Defaults—The nisdefaults Command

Displaying NIS+ Defaults—The `nisdefaults` Command