HP-UX Internet Services Administrator's Guide (May 2010)

passwd: files nis
group: files nis
hosts: dns [NOTFOUND=return] nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
networks: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
protocols: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
rpc: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
publickey: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
netgroup: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
automount: files nis
aliases: files nis
services nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
If your /etc/nsswitch.conf file contains a syntactically correct line for a particular
type of information, that line is used instead of the default.
Troubleshooting Using the nsquery Command
You must use the nsquery command to troubleshoot the name service switch. The
nsquery command displays the name service switch configuration that is currently
in use. Then, it displays the results of the query. To perform a hosts, passwd, or
group lookup, issue the following command at the HP-UX prompt:
/usr/contrib/bin/nsquery lookup_type lookup_query
The lookup_type can be hosts, passwd, or group. The lookup_query can be a
host name or an IP address, a user name or user ID, or a group name or group ID.
The following example uses nsquery to perform a lookup of the host name brock:
# /usr/contrib/bin/nsquery hosts brock
Using “nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files” for the hosts policy.
Searching nisplus for brock
brock was NOTFOUND
Switch configuration: Terminates Search
As an optional third argument to nsquery, you can supply a name service switch
configuration in double quotes, as in the following example:
# /usr/contrib/bin/nsquery passwd 30 "files nis"
Using "files nis" for the passwd policy.
Searching /etc/passwd for 30
User name: www
User ID: 30
Group ID: 1
Gecos:
Home Directory: /
Shell:
Switch configuration: Terminates Search
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