October 27, 1996 HESINFO 1

### NAME

hesinfo - find out what is stored in the Hesiod database

### SYNOPSIS

hesinfo [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType

### DESCRIPTION

hesinfo takes two arguments, a name to be resolved and a string, known as a HesiodNameType. It then prints the information returned by the Hesiod nameserver.

The value returned by hesinfo is of the type HesiodNameType.

hesinfo understands the following options:

-l
  Selects long format.

-b
  Prints the fully-qualified string passed to the nameserver.

#### VALID Hesiod_Names

The following types of identifiers may be used in the HesiodName argument to . These values will be resolved by accessing the hesiod(3) database.

<username>
  the 8-character-or-less string used to identify users or classes (e.g. joeuser, root, 1.00, etc). Used with the Hesiod_Name_Types ```passwd`, ```pobox`, and ```filsys`.

<uid>
  the id number assigned to a user.

<groupid>
  the id number assigned to a group.

<groupname>
  a name identifying a unique group.

<file-system-name>
  the name of an athena file system.

rvd server<.blm Pp<:pack >>
  the name of an rvd's server and pack separated by a colon.

nfs server<.blm Pp<:partition >>
  the name of an nfs server and its partition separated by a colon.

<workstation-name>
  the machine name of an Athena workstation (e.g. E40-343-3).

<service-name>
  name of an Athena service (e.g. Zephyr).

<service-type>
  name of Unix service (valid entries are defined in ```/etc/services`).

<printer-name>
  name of a printer.

<printer-cluster-name>
  name of an Athena print cluster.

<foo>
  some hesinfo calls (e.g., ```prclusterlist`) do not require a specific HesiodName argument. However, you must include a dummy string (e.g., ``foo'') for hesinfo to work properly.

#### VALID Hesiod_Name_Types

The following symbols are valid substitutions for the HesiodNameType argument to .

passwd
  returns string suitable for inclusion in ```/etc/passwd`, searching with <username>.

pobox
  returns information on the pobox assigned to the user specified by HesiodName, searching with <username>.

uid
  returns string suitable for inclusion in ```/etc/passwd`, searching with <uid>.

gid
  returns string suitable for inclusion in ```/etc/group`, searching with <groupid>.

group
  returns string suitable for inclusion in ```/etc/group`, searching with <groupname>.

grplist
  returns subgroups included in superset defined by <groupname>.

filsys
  returns file system type, export point, server, mount mode, and import point for the following valid HesiodNames (see above) - <```file` `system` `name`>, <```username`>, ```rvd` `server<.blm Pp`<:pack, >> and ```nfs` `server<.blm Pp`<:partition. >>

cluster
  returns information about the local cluster the workstation, specified by <workstation name>. Included is information about the local file and print servers. This information is accesses by ```clusterinfo` at boot time.

sloc
  returns network name of service host for <service-name>.

service
  returns Internet protocol type and protocol service port for <service-type>.

pcap
  returns a valid entry for ```/etc/printcap` for <printer-name>.

prcluserlist
  returns a list of print clusters.

prcluster
  returns a list of printers in a cluster specified by <printer-cluster-name>.

### FILES

```/etc/hesiod.conf`

### SEE ALSO

hesiod(3), named(8)

### AUTHORS

Steve Dyer
, IBM/Project Athena

Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.