NAME

nismkdir − create NIS+ directories

SYNOPSIS

nismkdir [ −D defaults ] [ −m hostname | −s hostname ] dirname

AVAILABILITY

SUNWnisu

DESCRIPTION

The nismkdir command creates new NIS+ subdirectories within an existing domain.  It has the option of creating replicated or non-replicated directories. 

The two primary aspects that are controlled when making a directory are its access rights, and its degree of replication.  Without options, this command will create a subdirectory with the same master and the replicas as the parent directory. 

dirname is the fully qualified NIS+ name of the directory that has to be created. 

OPTIONS

−D defaults Specify a different set of defaults to be used when creating new directories.  The defaults string is a series of tokens separated by colons.  These tokens represent the default values to be used for the generic object properties.  All of the legal tokens are described below. 

ttl=time
This token sets the default time to live for objects that are created by this command. The value time is specified in the format as defined by the nischttl(1) command. 

owner=ownername
This token specifies that the NIS+ principal ownername should own the created object. The default for this value is the principal who is executing the command. 

group=groupname
This token specifies that the group groupname should be the group owner for the object that is created. 

access=rights
This token specifies the set of access rights that are to be granted for the given object. The value rights is specified in the format as defined by the nischmod(1) command.  The default value is −−−−rmcdr−−r−−−. 

−m hostname If the directory named by dirname does not exist, then a new directory that is not replicated is created with host hostname as its master server. 

If the directory name by dirname does exist, then the host named by hostname is made its master server. 

−s hostname Specify that the host hostname will be a replica for an existing directory named dirname.

RETURN VALUES

1 This command returns 1 if it is unsuccessful. 

EXAMPLES

To create a new directory bar under the foo.com.  domain that shares the same level of replication as the foo.com.  directory one would use the command:

example% nismkdir bar.foo.com. 

To create a new directory bar.foo.com.  that is not replicated under the foo.com.  domain one would use the command:

example% nismkdir −m myhost.foo.com. bar.foo.com. 

To add a replica server of the bar.foo.com.  directory, one would use the command:

example% nismkdir −s replica.foo.com. bar.foo.com. 

ENVIRONMENT

NIS_DEFAULTS This variable contains a defaults string that will override the NIS+ standard defaults.  If the −D switch is used those values will then override both the NIS_DEFAULTS variable and the standard defaults. 

NIS_PATH If this variable is set, and the NIS+ directory name is not fully qualified, each directory specified will be searched until the directory is found (see nisdefaults(1)). 

SEE ALSO

nis(1), nischmod(1), nisdefaults(1), nisrmdir(1), nisls(1)

NOTES

A host that serves a NIS+ directory must be a NIS+ client in a directory above the one it is serving.  The exceptions to this rule are the root NIS+ servers which are both clients and servers of the same NIS+ directory. 

BUGS

when the host’s default domain is different than the default domain on the client where the command is executed, the hostname supplied as an argument to the −s or −m options must be fully qualified. 

SunOS 5.1  —  Last change: 25 Sep 1992