Searching for a NIS Entry

1. Click on the Search icon, or select Search from the Entry menu.

   The Search panel is displayed.

2. Select the map you want to search from the Map Name option button.

   Default options are Users, Aliases, Hosts or Groups.

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   Note -

   To modify the default NIS maps, or create new NIS maps, change the definitions in the Deja.properties file on the directory server. See "NIS Parameters" for information.

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3. Type the text string you want to search for in the NIS Key text field.

   The search can include the wildcard character *.

4. Click Search to start the search.

   The search results are displayed in the search results list and the number of entries found is displayed in the status bar. If there are no matches, the search results list is empty and the status bar indicates that no entries were found.

5. To stop the search at any time, click the Stop button.

   The search is stopped and no results are returned.

6. Click the Clear button to clear the search text field.