| <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":<pack>> |
| | the name of an rvd’s server and pack separated by a colon. |
| <"nfs-server":<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. |
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| 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":<pack>>, and <"nfs-server":<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>. |
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