HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 3 Library Functions N-Z (vol 7)

nis_names(3N) nis_names(3N)

NIS_NOTMASTER

An attempt was made to update the database on a replica server.

NIS_INVALIDOBJ

The object pointed to by obj is not a valid NIS+ object.

NIS_BADNAME The name passed to the function is not a legal NIS+ name.

NIS_LINKNAMEERROR

The name passed resolved to a LINK type object and the contents of the link

pointed to an invalid name.

NIS_NOTSAMEOBJ

An attempt to remove an object from the namespace was aborted because the

object that would have been removed was not the same object that was passed

in the request.

NIS_NOSUCHNAME

This hard error indicates that the named directory of the table object does not

exist. This occurs when the server that should be the parent of the server that

serves the table, does not know about the directory in which the table resides.

NIS_NOSUCHTABLE

The named table does not exist.

NIS_MODFAIL The attempted modiﬁcation failed.

NIS_FOREIGNNS

The name could not be completely resolved. When the name passed to the

function would resolve in a namespace that is outside the NIS+ name tree, this

error is returned with a NIS+ object of type

DIRECTORY, which contains the

type of namespace and contact information for a server within that

namespace.

NIS_RPCERROR This fatal error indicates the RPC subsystem failed in some way. Generally

there will be a syslog(3C) message indicating why the RPC request failed.

ENVIRONMENT

NIS_PATH If the ﬂag EXPAND_NAME is set, this variable is the search path used by

nis_lookup().

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.

NOTES

You cannot modify the name of an object if that modiﬁcation would cause the object to reside in a different

domain.

You cannot modify the schema of a table object.