NIDOMAIN

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: March 23, 1989
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NAME

nidomain - NetInfo domain utility

SYNOPSIS

nidomain -l [ hostname ]

nidomain -m tag

nidomain -d tag

nidomain -c tag master/remotetag

DESCRIPTION

The nidomain utility is an interface to nibindd(8), to which it sends all of its requests about the domains served on a given machine. It also can be used to create and destroy NetInfo databases.

The nidomain utility will allow one to create multiple levels of NetInfo hierarchy, but it is not a particularly easy way to do it. One should use the NetInfo Manager application for setting up multilevel hierarchies.

OPTIONS

-l [ hostname ]: List the domains by tag served on the given hostname. If hostname is unspecified, the local host is used.
-m tag: Create a new NetInfo database and server on the local machine for the domain tag of tag.
-d tag: Destroy the local NetInfo database and server associated with the domain tagged tag. If the database was associated with a clone, the machine's ``serves'' property on the master is NOT modified to reflect the fact that the database has been deleted.
-c tag master/remotetag: Creates a clone NetInfo database with the domain tagged tag. The database is cloned from the machine master and remote tag remotetag. The machine's ``serves'' property should be set up prior to running this command to contain the entry "./tag".