nislog(1M)                                                       nislog(1M)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      nislog - display the contents of the NIS+ transaction log

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      /usr/sbin/nislog [ -h num | -t num ] [ -v ] [ directory...  ]

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      nislog displays the contents of the NIS+ server transaction log on the
      standard output.  This command can be used to track changes in the
      namespace.  The /var/nis/hostname.log file contains the transaction
      log maintained by the NIS+ server.  hostname is the string returned by
      uname -n.  When updates occur, they are logged to this file and then
      propagated to replicas as log transactions.  When the log is
      checkpointed, updates that have been propagated to the replicas are
      removed.

      The nislog command can only be run on an NIS+ server by superuser.  It
      displays the log entries for that server only.

      If directory is not specified, the entire log is searched.  Otherwise,
      only those log entries that correspond to the specified directories
      are displayed.

    Options    [Toc]    [Back]
      -h [num]    Display num transactions from the ``head'' of the log.  If
                  the numeric parameter is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.
                  If the numeric parameter is 0, only the log header is
                  displayed.

      -t [num]    Display num transactions from the ``tail'' of the log.  If
                  the numeric parameter is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.
                  If the numeric parameter is 0, only the log header is
                  displayed.

      -v          Verbose mode.

 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.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /var/nis/hostname.log    transaction log

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

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      nis+(1), uname(1), rpc.nisd(1M), nisfiles(4).


 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 1 -   HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003