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.Dd June 27, 2022
.Dt HESINFO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hesinfo
.Nd "find out what is stored in the Hesiod database"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl bl
.Ar HesiodName HesiodNameType
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility takes two arguments, a name to be resolved and a string, known
as a
.Ar HesiodNameType .
It then prints the information returned by
the Hesiod nameserver.
.Pp
The value returned by
.Nm
is of the type
.Ar HesiodNameType .
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl l
Selects long format.
.It Fl b
Prints the fully\-qualified string passed to the nameserver.
.El
.Ss VALID Hesiod_Names
The following types of identifiers may be used in the
.Ar HesiodName
argument to
.Nm .
These values will be resolved by accessing the
.Xr hesiod 3
database.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Aq Ar username
the 8\-character\-or\-less string used to identify users or classes
(e.g.\& joeuser, root, 1.00, etc).
Used with the
.Ar Hesiod_Name_Types
.Cm passwd ,
.Cm pobox ,
and
.Cm filsys .
.It Aq Ar uid
the id number assigned to a user.
.It Aq Ar groupid
the id number assigned to a group.
.It Aq Ar groupname
a name identifying a unique group.
.It Aq Ar file\-system\-name
the name of an Athena file system.
.It Xo
.Ao Ar "rvd\-server" Ac : Ns Aq Ar pack
.Xc
the name of an rvd's server and pack separated by a colon.
.It Xo
.Ao Ar "nfs\-server" Ac : Ns Aq Ar partition
.Xc
the name of an
.Tn NFS
server and its partition separated by a colon.
.It Aq Ar workstation\-name
the machine name of an Athena workstation (e.g.\& E40\-343\-3).
.It Aq Ar service\-name
name of an Athena service (e.g.\& Zephyr).
.It Aq Ar service\-type
name of
.Ux
service (valid entries are defined in
.Pa /etc/services ) .
.It Aq Ar printer\-name
name of a printer.
.It Aq Ar printer\-cluster\-name
name of an Athena print cluster.
.It Aq Ar foo
some
.Nm
calls (e.g.\&
.Cm prclusterlist )
do not require a specific
.Ar HesiodName
argument.
However, you must include a dummy string (e.g.\&
.Ql foo )
for
.Nm
to work properly.
.El
.Ss VALID Hesiod_Name_Types
The following symbols are valid substitutions for the
.Ar HesiodNameType
argument to
.Nm .
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Cm passwd
returns string suitable for inclusion in
.Pa /etc/passwd ,
searching with
.Aq Ar username .
.It Cm pobox
returns information on the pobox assigned to the user specified by
.Ar HesiodName ,
searching with
.Aq Ar username .
.It Cm uid
returns string suitable for inclusion in
.Pa /etc/passwd ,
searching with
.Aq Ar uid .
.It Cm gid
returns string suitable for inclusion in
.Pa /etc/group ,
searching with
.Aq Ar groupid .
.It Cm group
returns string suitable for inclusion in
.Pa /etc/group ,
searching with
.Aq Ar groupname .
.It Cm grplist
returns subgroups included in superset
defined by
.Aq Ar groupname .
.It Cm filsys
returns file system type, export point, server, mount mode, and import point
for the following valid
.Ar HesiodNames
(see above) -
.Aq Ar "file\-system\-name" ,
.Aq Ar username ,
.Ao Ar "rvd\-server" Ac : Ns Aq Ar pack ,
and
.Ao Ar "nfs\-server" Ac : Ns Aq Ar partition .
.It Cm cluster
returns information about the local cluster the workstation, specified by
.Aq Ar "workstation\-name" .
Included is information about the local file and print servers.
This information is accesses by
.Sy clusterinfo
at boot time.
.It Cm sloc
returns network name of service host for
.Aq Ar service\-name .
.It Cm service
returns Internet protocol type and protocol service port for
.Aq Ar service\-type .
.It Cm pcap
returns a valid entry for
.Pa /etc/printcap
for
.Aq Ar printer\-name .
.It Cm prcluserlist
returns a list of print clusters.
.It Cm prcluster
returns a list of printers in a cluster specified by
.Aq Ar printer\-cluster\-name .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/hesiod.conf
.It Pa /etc/hesiod.conf
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hesiod 3
.Rs
.%T "Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service"
.Re
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Steve Dyer ,
IBM/Project Athena
.Pp
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.