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31.\" $FreeBSD$
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33.Dd June 23, 1996
34.Dt MKNETID 8
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm mknetid
38.Nd "generate netid map data"
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Op Fl q
42.Op Fl g Ar group_file
43.Op Fl p Ar passwd_file
44.Op Fl h Ar hosts_file
45.Op Fl n Ar netid_file
46.Op Fl d Ar domain
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50utility processes the contents of the
51.Xr group 5 ,
52.Xr passwd 5 ,
53.Xr hosts 5
54and
55.Xr netid 5
56files into the format used to generate the
57.Pa netid.byname
58.Tn NIS
59map.
60This map is used to hold credential information for both users
61and hosts in an operating system independent format.
62.Pp
63The
64.Nm
65utility checks for duplicate occurrences of netids and filters
66them out.
67.Pp
68The
69.Nm
70utility prints its results on the standard output.
71It is usually called
72only by
73.Pa /var/yp/Makefile
74when rebuilding the
75.Tn NIS
76maps.
77.Sh OPTIONS
78The
79.Nm
80utility supports the following options:
81.Bl -tag -width indent
82.It Fl q
83Normally,
84.Nm
85prints a warning message when it encounters a duplicate netid.
86This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, allowing the warnings to be
87suppressed.
88Other error messages may still be generated.
89.It Fl g Ar group_file
90Specify the location of the group information
91file.
92The compiled-in default is
93.Pa /etc/group .
94.It Fl p Ar passwd_file
95Specify the location of the passwd information
96file.
97The compiled-in default is
98.Pa /etc/passwd .
99.It Fl h Ar hosts_file
100Specify the location of the hosts database
101file.
102The compiled-in default is
103.Pa /etc/hosts .
104.It Fl n Ar netid_file
105Specify the location of the netid information
106file.
107The compiled-in default is
108.Pa /etc/netid .
109Note that no error is generated if the netid database cannot be
110found.
111The netid database is not likely to be present on most systems
112until
113.Tn Secure RPC
114support is added to
115.Fx .
116.It Fl d Ar domain
117By default, the
118.Nm
119utility uses the system domainname when generating netid records.
120If
121the system domainname is not set, the domain must be specified on the
122command line with the
123.Fl d
124flag.
125If the domainname is set, the
126.Fl d
127flag may be used to override it.
128.El
129.Sh FILES
130.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/Makefile -compact
131.It Pa /var/yp/Makefile
132the Makefile that calls
133.Nm yp_mkdb
134and
135.Nm
136to build the
137.Tn NIS
138databases
139.It Pa /etc/group
140the default group database file
141.It Pa /etc/passwd
142the default passwd database file
143.It Pa /etc/hosts
144the default hosts database file
145.It Pa /etc/netid
146the default netid database file
147.El
148.Sh SEE ALSO
149.Xr yp 8 ,
150.Xr yp_mkdb 8
151.Sh AUTHORS
152.An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu
153