On the Solaris operating system, the nisdefaults command displays NIS+ default values.

Description

The nisdefaults utility prints the default values returned by calls to the NIS+ local name functions. With no options specified, all defaults are printed in a verbose format. With options, only that option displays in a terse form suitable for shell scripts. See the example below.

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Syntax

nisdefaults [-adghprstv]

Options

Environment

nisdefaults makes use of the following environment variables:

Examples

nisdefaults

Display default NIS values. Output appears similar to the following example:

—-rmcdr—r—

Principal Name : example.computerhope.com. Domain Name : computerhope.com. Host Name : example.computerhope.com. Group Name : Access Rights : —-rmcdr—r— Time to live : 12:00:00 Search Path : computerhope.com.

nischmod — Change access rights on an NIS+ object.nischttl — Change the time to live value of an NIS+ object.