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

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

Working With Attributes

The fnattr command can be used to add, delete or modify attributes associated with a name. You can make modifications one at a time, or batch several within the same command.

fnattr [-l] name to list attributes for name.
fnattr name -a-s -U -O attrib values to add an attribute
fnattr name -m -O -U attrib oldvalue newvalue to modify an attribute
fnattr name -d -O | -U [values attrib] to destroy an attribute

Table 25–8 fnattr Command Options


Option	Description
`name`	The composite name.
`attrib`	The identifier of an attribute.
`values`	One or more attribute values.
`oldvalue`	An attribute value to be replaced by a new value.
`newvalue`	The attribute value that replaces an old value.
`-a`	Add an attribute.
`-d`	Destroy an attribute.
`-l`	List attributes.
`-m`	Modify an attribute.
`-s`	Replace all old attribute values with the new values for the attribute specified.
`-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 show all of the attributes associated with the user name rosa:

# fnattr user/rosa

To display the size attribute associated with the user uri:

# fnattr user/uri/ size

For a user named devlin, to add an attribute named shoesize with a value of small, delete the hatsize attribute, and change the dresssize attribute value from 12 to 8:

# fnattr user/devlin -a shoesize small -d hatsize -m dresssize 12 8