HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

niserror(1) niserror(1)

NAME

niserror - display NIS+ error messages

SYNOPSIS

niserror error-num

DESCRIPTION

niserror prints the NIS+ error associated with status value error-num on the standard output. It is

used by shell scripts to translate NIS+ error numbers that are returned into text messages.

EXAMPLES

Print the error associated with the error number

20:

niserror 20

Not Found, no such name

WARNINGS

HP-UX 11i Version 2 is the last HP-UX release on which NIS+ is supported.

LDAP is the recommended replacement for NIS+. HP fully supports the industry standard naming ser-

vices based on LDAP.

AUTHOR

niserror was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.