HESINFO(1) | General Commands Manual | HESINFO(1)

# NAME

hesinfo — find out what is stored in the Hesiod database

# SYNOPSIS

hesinfo | [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType

# DESCRIPTION

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.

## VALID Hesiod_Names

The following types of identifiers may be used in the HesiodName argument to hesinfo. These values will be resolved by accessing the hesiod(3) database.

<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.
<uid>
  the id number assigned to a user.
<groupid>
  the id number assigned to a group.
<groupname>
  a name identifying a unique group.
<file-system-name>
  the name of an athena file system.
<rvd server>:<pack>
  the name of an rvd's server and pack separated by a colon.
<nfs server>:<partition>
  the name of an nfs server and its partition separated by a colon.
<workstation-name>
  the machine name of an Athena workstation (e.g. E40-343-3).
<service-name>
  name of an Athena service (e.g. Zephyr).
<service-type>
  name of Unix service (valid entries are defined in /etc/services).
<printer-name>
  name of a printer.
<printer-cluster-name>
  name of an Athena print cluster.
<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.

## VALID Hesiod_Name_Types

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>.

# FILES

/etc/hesiod.conf

# SEE ALSO

hesiod(3), named(8)

Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service.

# AUTHORS

Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena

Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

October 27, 1996 | NetBSD 6.0