NAME

       mknetid - generate data for netid map

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/yp/mknetid [-q] [-h hosts] [-p passwd] [-g group] [-d domain] [-n netid]

       /usr/lib/yp/mknetid --version

DESCRIPTION

       mknetid generates the netid.byname NIS map from the contents of the group(5), passwd(5), hosts(5) and
       netid files. It checks for multiple entrys of netids and warn for them or filters them out. It is only
       called by /var/yp/Makefile when rebuilding the NIS map.

OPTIONS

       -q
           This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, don't print a warning message when finding an duplicate netid entry.

       -h hosts
           The -h flag can be used to specify the use of another hosts file than the default /etc/hosts.

       -p passwd
           The -p flag can be used to specify the use of another passwd file than the default /etc/passwd.

       -g group
           The -g flag can be used to specify the use of another group file than the default /etc/group.

       -n netid
           The -n flag can be used to specify the use of another netid file than the default /etc/netid.

       -d domain
           The mknetid command uses the system domainname by default. If it is not set or you whish to override
           it, you must use the -d parameter.

       --version
           Prints the version number

FILES

       /etc/group
           groups file

       /etc/hosts
           hosts database

       /etc/netid
           netname database

       /etc/passwd
           password file

SEE ALSO

       passwd(8), group(5), hosts(5), passwd(5)

AUTHOR

       mknetid was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.

NIS Reference Manual                               12/31/2020                                         MKNETID(8)