HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

nisls(1) nisls(1)

NAME

nisls - list the contents of an NIS+ directory

SYNOPSIS

nisls [ -dglLmMR ][name ... ]

DESCRIPTION

For each name that is an NIS+ directory,

nisls lists the contents of the directory. For each name that is

an NIS+ object other than a directory,

nisls

simply echos the name. If no name is speciﬁed, the ﬁrst

directory in the search path (see nisdefaults (1)) is listed.

Options

-d Treat NIS+ directories like other NIS+ objects, rather than listing their contents.

-g Display group owner instead of owner when listing in long format.

-l List in long format. This option displays additional information about the objects such as their type,

creation time, owner, and access rights.

The access rights are listed in the following order in long mode: nobody, owner, group owner, and

world.

-L This option speciﬁes that links are to be followed. If name actually points to a link, it is followed to

the linked object.

-m Display modiﬁcation time instead of creation time when listing in long format.

-M Master only. This speciﬁes that information is to be returned from the master server of the named

object. This guarantees that the most up-to-date information is seen at the possible expense that the

master server may be busy.

-R List directories recursively. This option will reiterate the list for each subdirectory found in the pro-

cess of listing each name.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

Environment Variables

NIS_PATH If this variable is set and the NIS+ name is not fully qualiﬁed, each directory speciﬁed

will be searched until the object is found (see nisdefaults (1)).

RETURN VALUE

nisls returns 0 on success and 1 on failure.

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

nisls was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.