NIDOMAIN(8)                                           NIDOMAIN(8)



NAME
       nidomain - NetInfo domain utility

SYNOPSIS
       nidomain -l [ hostname ]

       nidomain -m tag

       nidomain -d tag

       nidomain -c tag master/remotetag

DESCRIPTION
       The  nidomain  utility  is  an interface to nibindd(8), to
       which it sends all  of  its  requests  about  the  domains
       served  on a given machine.  It also can be used to create
       and destroy NetInfo databases.

       The nidomain utility will allow  one  to  create  multiple
       levels  of NetInfo hierarchy, but it is not a particularly
       easy way to do it.  One should  use  the  NetInfo  Manager
       application for setting up multilevel hierarchies.

OPTIONS
       -l [ hostname ]
              List  the  domains by tag served on the given host-
              name.  If hostname is unspecified, the  local  host
              is used.

       -m tag Create  a  new  NetInfo  database and server on the
              local machine for the domain tag of tag.

       -d tag Destroy the local NetInfo database and server asso-
              ciated with the domain tagged tag.  If the database
              was  associated  with  a   clone,   the   machine's
              ``serves''  property  on the master is NOT modified
              to reflect the fact  that  the  database  has  been
              deleted.

       -c tag master/remotetag
              Creates  a  clone  NetInfo database with the domain
              tagged  tag.   The  database  is  cloned  from  the
              machine  master  and  remote  tag  remotetag.   The
              machine's ``serves''  property  should  be  set  up
              prior  to running this command to contain the entry
              "./tag".

SEE ALSO
       nibindd(8)



Apple Computer, Inc.      March 23, 1989              NIDOMAIN(8)