Name
create_nidb
Synopsis
create_nidb [tag
[master_hostname
[root_dir
]]
A Perl script that creates and populates an Open Directory database
from the contents of flat files in /etc/
. This
may be especially useful if you have configuration information you
wish to carry over from another Unix system. Currently
create_nidb
uses the following files:
/etc/master.passwd
|
/etc/group
|
/etc/hosts
|
/etc/networks
|
create_nidb
should be run with superuser
privileges.
Options
-
master_hostname
The name of the host serving the master copy of the Open Directory database. The default is
localhost
if the tag islocal
, otherwise it’s the hostname of the system on whichcreate_nidb
is run.-
root_dir
The directory in which
var/db/netinfo/tag.nidb
is created. The default is/
.-
tag
The tag of the Open Directory database. The default is
local
.
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