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Manual Reference Pages  - HESINFO (1)

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hesinfo - find out what is stored in the Hesiod database

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     VALID Hesiod_Names
     VALID Hesiod_Name_Types
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hesinfo [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType

hesinfo takes two arguments, a name to be resolved and a string, known as a HesiodNameType. It then prints the information returned by the Hesiod nameserver.

The value returned by hesinfo is of the type HesiodNameType.

hesinfo understands the following options:

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

The following types of identifiers may be used in the HesiodName argument to hesinfo. These values will be resolved by accessing the hesiod database.

lt;username>
	the 8-character-or-less string used to identify users or classes (e.g. joeuser, root, 1.00, etc). Used with the Hesiod_Name_Types passwd, pobox, and filsys.
lt;uid>	the id number assigned to a user.
lt;groupid>
	the id number assigned to a group.
lt;groupname>
	a name identifying a unique group.
lt;file-system-name>
	the name of an athena file system.
lt;rvd server>:<pack>
	the name of an rvd’s server and pack seperated by a colon.
lt;nfs server>:<partition>
	the name of an nfs server and its partition seperated by a colon.
lt;workstation-name>
	the machine name of an Athena workstation (e.g. E40-343-3).
lt;service-name>
	name of an Athena service (e.g. Zephyr).
lt;service-type>
	name of Unix service (valid entries are defined in /etc/services).
lt;printer-name>
	name of a printer.
lt;printer-cluster-name>
	name of an Athena print cluster.
lt;foo>	some hesinfo calls (e.g. prclusterlist ) do not require a specific HesiodName argument. However, you must include a dummy string (e.g. ’foo’) for hesinfo to work properly.

The following symbols are valid substitutions for the HesiodNameType argument to hesinfo.

passwd	returns string suitable for inclusion in /etc/passwd, searching with <username>.
pobox	returns information on the pobox assigned to the user specified by HesiodName, 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 superset defined by <groupname>.
filsys	returns file system type, export point, server, mount mode, and import point for the following valid HesiodNames (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. This information is accesses by clusterinfo at boot time.
sloc	returns network name of service host for <service-name>.
service	returns Internet protocol type and protocol service port for <service-type>.
pcap	returns a valid entry for /etc/printcap for <printer-name>.
prcluserlist
	returns a list of print clusters.
prcluster
	returns a list of printers in a cluster specified by <printer-cluster-name>.

/etc/athena/hesiod.conf

‘Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service’, named(8), hesiod(3)

Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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