niscat(1)                                                         niscat(1)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      niscat - display NIS+ tables and objects

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      niscat [ -AhLMv ] tablename...

      niscat [ -ALMP ] -o name...

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      In the first synopsis, niscat displays the contents of the NIS+ tables
      named by tablename.  In the second synopsis, it displays the internal
      representation of the NIS+ objects named by name.

    Options    [Toc]    [Back]
      -A        Display the data within the table and all of the data in
                tables in the initial table's concatenation path.

      -h        Display the header line prior to displaying the table.  The
                header consists of the `#' (hash) character followed by the
                name of each column.  The column names are separated by the
                table separator character.

      -L        Follow links. When this option is specified, if tablename or
                name names a LINK type object, the link is followed and the
                object or table named by the link is displayed.

      -M        Master server only.  This option specifies that the request
                should be sent to the master server of the named data.  This
                guarantees that the most up-to-date information is seen at
                the possible expense of increasing the load on the master
                server and increasing the possibility of the NIS+ server
                being unavailable or busy for updates.

      -P        Follow concatenation path.  This option specifies that the
                request should follow the concatenation path of a table if
                the initial search is unsuccessful.  This option is only
                useful when using an indexed name for name and the -o
                option.

      -v        Display binary data directly.  This option displays columns
                containing binary data on the standard output.  Without this
                option, binary data is displayed as the string *BINARY*.

      -o name   Display the internal representation of the named NIS+
                object(s). If name is an indexed name (see nismatch(1)),
                then each of the matching entry objects is displayed.  This
                option is used to display access rights and other attributes
                of individual columns.

    Notes    [Toc]    [Back]
      Columns without values in the table are displayed by two adjacent



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 niscat(1)                                                         niscat(1)




      separator characters.

 EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]
      Display the contents of the hosts table:

           niscat -h host.org_dir
           # cname name    addr            comment
           client1 client1 129.144.201.100 Joe Smith
           crunchy crunchy 129.144.201.44  Jane Smith
           crunchy softy   129.144.201.44

      The string *NP* is returned in those fields where the user has
      insufficient access rights.

      Display the passwd.org_dir on the standard output:

           niscat passwd.org_dir

      Display the contents of table frodo and the contents of all tables in
      its concatenation path:

           niscat -A frodo

      Display the entries in the table group.org_dir as NIS+ objects (note
      that the brackets are protected from the shell by single quotes):

           niscat -o '[ ]group.org_dir'

      Display the table object of the passwd.org_dir table:

           niscat -o passwd.org_dir

      The previous example displays the passwd table object and not the
      passwd table.  The table object includes information such as the
      number of columns, column type, searchable or not searchable,
      separator, access rights, and other defaults.

      Display the directory object for org_dir, which includes information
      such as the access rights and replica information:

           niscat -o org_dir

 EXTERNAL INFLUENCES    [Toc]    [Back]
    Environment Variables
      NIS_PATH       If this variable is set and the NIS+ table name is not
                     fully qualified, each directory specified will be
                     searched until the table is found (see nisdefaults(1)).

 RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]
      niscat returns 0 on success and 1 on failure.




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 niscat(1)                                                         niscat(1)




 WARNINGS    [Toc]    [Back]
      HP-UX 11i Version 2 is the last HP-UX release on which NIS+ is
      supported.

      LDAP is the recommended replacement for NIS+.  HP fully supports the
      industry standard naming services based on LDAP.

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      niscat was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      nis+(1), nismatch(1), nistbladm(1), nisdefaults(1), nis_objects(3N),
      nis_tables(3N).


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