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

Browsing FNS Structures Using NIS+ Commands

The NIS+ command, nisls, can be used to list the NIS+ objects used by FNS. For example, the following commands list the contents of the NIS+ domain directory and its ctx_dir subdirectory.


# nisls doc.com.
doc.com.:
manf
sales
groups_dir
org_dir
ctx_dir

# nisls ctx_dir.doc.com.
ctx_dir.DOC.COM.:
fns
fns_user
fns_host
fns_host_alto
fns_host_mladd
fns_host_elvira
fns_user_jjones
fns_user_jsmith
fns_user_aw

Use the niscat command to list the contents of the fns_hosts table.


# niscat fns_host.ctx_dir
altair *BINARY* *BINARY*
cygnus *BINARY* *BINARY*
centauri *BINARY* *BINARY*