fnselect

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                 fnselect(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      fnselect - select a specific naming service to use  for  the
      FNS Initial Context
 


SYNOPSIS
      fnselect [ -D ]
 
      fnselect naming-service
 


DESCRIPTION
      fnselect is used to set the specified naming service  to  be
      used  to  construct the bindings in the FNS Initial Context.
      This setting affects the entire machine and affects applica-
      tions      that      make      subsequent      calls      to
      fn_ctx_handle_from_initial(3XFN).  This   setting   can   be
      changed  only  by an administrator who has root privilege on
      the machine.
 


OPTIONS
      -D    Displays the actual naming service  used  to  generate
            the FNS Initial Context.
 


OPERANDS
      naming-service
            The following are possible values for naming-service:
 
 
            default
                  Use the FNS default  algorithm  for  determining
                  the target naming service.
 
            nisplus
                  Use NIS+ as the target naming service.
 
            nis   Use NIS as the target naming service.
 
            files Use /etc files as the target naming service.
 
 
 USAGE
      When the default option  is  selected,  FNS  determines  the
      underlying naming service using the following algorithm:
 
         +  First, it checks for NIS+ with FNS installed.
 
         +  If the result is TRUE, then FNS assumes nisplus as the
            underlying naming service.
 
         +  Otherwise, it checks if the system is a NIS client.
 
         +  If TRUE, FNS assumes nis as the underlying naming ser-
            vice.
 
 
 
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         +  Otherwise, FNS assumes /etc files.
 
      fnselect  without  any  arguments   displays   the   service
      currently  selected for the Initial Context (one of default,
      nisplus, nis, or files).
 
      When the -D option is specified and the current  setting  is
      default, fnselect will use the algorithm that is used by FNS
      and display the actual naming service used for the FNS  Ini-
      tial Context.
 
 EXAMPLES
      Example 1: Using The fnselect Command
 
      The command
 
      example% fnselect nisplus
      will select NIS+ as the underlying naming  service  for  the
      FNS Initial Context.
 
      The command
 
      example% fnselect
      will print the naming service currently being used  to  gen-
      erate the FNS Initial Context.
 
 EXIT STATUS
      0     Operation was successful.
 
      1     Operation failed.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWfns                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      fnbind(1),     fnlist(1),     fnlookup(1),      fnunbind(1),
      fncreate(1M),      fncreate_fs(1M),    fncreate_printer.html">fncreate_printer(1M),
      fndestroy(1M),   fn_ctx_handle_from_initial(3XFN),    attri-
      butes(5), fns(5), fns_initial_context(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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