nisln — Symbolically Link NIS+ Objects
Synopsis
/usr/bin/nisln [-L][-D defaults] name linkname
Description
Use the nisln command to link an NIS+ object named name to an NIS+ linkname . If name is an indexed name (see nismatch(1)), the link points to entries within an NIS+ table. Clients who want to look up information in the name service can use the FOLLOW_LINKS flag to force the client library to follow links to the name they point to. Further, all of the NIS+ administration commands accept the -L option indicating they should follow links (see nis_names(3N) for a description of the FOLLOW_LINKS flag).
Note
When creating the link, nisln verifies that the linked object exists. Once the link is created, you can delete or replace the linked ...
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