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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

Example 1: Using niserror

The following example prints the error associated with the error number 20:

example% niserror 20
Not Found, no such name

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

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SEE ALSO

nis+(1), nis_error(3NSL), attributes(5)

NOTES

NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris TM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.