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HESINFO

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 27 October 1996
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NAME

hesinfo - find out what is stored in the Hesiod database

SYNOPSIS

hesinfo [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType

DESCRIPTION

hesinfotakes two arguments, a name to be resolved and a string, knownas a HesiodNameType. It then prints the information returned bythe Hesiod nameserver.

The value returned byhesinfois of the typeHesiodNameType.

hesinfounderstands the following options:

-l: Selects long format.
-b: Prints the fully-qualified string passed to the nameserver.

VALID Hesiod_Names

The following types of identifiers may be used in theHesiodNameargument tohesinfo.These values will be resolved by accessing thehesioddatabase.

<username>

the 8-character-or-less string used to identify users or classes(e.g. joeuser, root, 1.00, etc).Used with theHesiod_Name_Typespasswd,pobox,andfilsys.

<uid>

the id number assigned to a user.

<groupid>

the id number assigned to a group.

<groupname>

a name identifying a unique group.

<file-system-name>

the name of an athena file system.

<rvd server>:<pack>

the name of an rvd's server and pack seperated by a colon.

<nfs server>:<partition>

the name of an nfs server and its partition seperated by a colon.

<workstation-name>

the machine name of an Athena workstation (e.g. E40-343-3).

<service-name>

name of an Athena service (e.g. Zephyr).

<service-type>

name of Unix service (valid entries are defined in /etc/services).

<printer-name>

name of a printer.

<printer-cluster-name>

name of an Athena print cluster.

<foo>

somehesinfocalls (e.g. prclusterlist) do not require a specificHesiodNameargument. However, you must include a dummy string (e.g. 'foo') forhesinfo
to work properly.

VALID Hesiod_Name_Types

The following symbols are valid substitutions for theHesiodNameTypeargument tohesinfo.

passwd

returns string suitable for inclusion in/etc/passwd,searching with<username>.

pobox

returns information on the pobox assigned to the user specified byHesiodName,searching with<username>.

uid

returns string suitable for inclusion in/etc/passwd,searching with<uid>.

gid

returns string suitable for inclusion in/etc/group,searching with<groupid>.

group

returns string suitable for inclusion in/etc/group,searching with<groupname>.

grplist

returns subgroups included in supersetdefined by <groupname>.

filsys

returns file system type, export point, server, mount mode, and import pointfor the following validHesiodNames(see above)- <file system name>, <username>, <rvd server>:<pack>, and <nfs server>:<partition>

cluster

returns information about the local cluster the workstation, specified by<workstation name>.Included is information about the local file and print servers. Thisinformation is accesses by clusterinfo at boot time.

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