Name

create_nidb

Synopsis

create_nidb [tag [master_hostname [root_dir]]

Description

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 makes use of the following files:

/etc/master.passwd
/etc/group
/etc/hosts
/etc/networks

create_nidb should be run with superuser privileges.

Options/Usage

master_hostname

The name of the host serving the master copy of the Open Directory database. The default is localhost if the tag is local; otherwise, it’s the hostname of the system on which create_nidb is run.

root_dir

The directory in which var/db/netinfo/tag.nidb will be created. The default is /.

tag

The tag of the Open Directory database. The default is local.

Location

/usr/libexec

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