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Preface

Introduction

User Commands

acctcom(1)

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aedplot(1B)

alias(1)

allocate(1)

amt(1)

appcert(1)

apptrace(1)

apropos(1)

ar(1)

arch(1)

as(1)

asa(1)

at(1)

atoplot(1B)

atq(1)

atrm(1)

audioconvert(1)

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audiorecord(1)

auths(1)

auto_ef(1)

awk(1)

banner(1)

basename(1)

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batch(1)

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bg(1)

bgplot(1B)

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break(1)

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case(1)

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cc(1B)

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ckdate(1)

ckgid(1)

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ckkeywd(1)

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hp7221plot(1B)

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ksh(1)

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symorder(1)

sysV-make(1)

t300(1)

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t4014(1)

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tabs(1)

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niserror

- display NIS+ error messages

Synopsis

niserror error-num

Description

niserror prints the NIS+ error associated with status value error-num on the standard output. It is used by shell scripts to translate NIS+ error numbers that are returned into text messages.

Examples

Example 1 Using niserror

The following example prints the error associated with the error number 20:

example% niserror 20
Not Found, no such name

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
SUNWnisu

See Also

NIS+(1), nis_error(3NSL), attributes(5)

Notes

NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris operating system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the current Solaris release. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.