NAME
nisrmdir — remove NIS+ directories
SYNOPSIS
nisrmdir
[
-if
]
[
-s hostname
]
dirname
DESCRIPTION
nisrmdir
deletes existing
NIS+
subdirectories.
It can remove a directory outright, or simply remove
replicas from serving a directory.
This command modifies the object that describes the
directory
dirname,
and then notifies each replica
to remove the directory named dirname.
If the notification of any of the affected replicas fails, the directory
object is returned to its original state unless the -f option is
present.
This command will fail if the NIS+ master server is not running.
Options
- -i
Interactive mode. Like the system
rm(1)
command, the
nisrmdir
command will ask for confirmation prior to removing a
directory.
If the name specified by
dirname
is a non-fully qualified name, this option is forced on. This prevents
the removal of unexpected directories.
- -f
Force the command to succeed even though it may not be
able to contact the affected replicas.
This option should be used
when a replica is known to be down and will not be able to respond
to the removal notification. When the replica is finally rebooted,
it will read the updated directory object, note that it is no longer
a replica for that directory, and stop responding to lookups on that
directory. Cleanup of the files that held the now removed directory can
be accomplished manually by removing the appropriate files in the
/var/nis
directory (see
nisfiles(4)
for more information).
- -s hostname
Specify that the host hostname should be removed
as a replica for the directory named
dirname.
If this option
is not present,
all
replicas and the master server for a directory
are removed and the directory is removed from the namespace.
RETURN VALUE
This command returns
0
if it is successful,
and
1
otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Remove a directory
bar
under the
foo.com.
domain:
Remove a replica that is serving directory
bar.foo.com.:
nisrmdir -s replica.foo.com. bar.foo.com.
Force the removal of directory
bar.foo.com.
from the namespace:
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
- NIS_PATH
If this variable is set and the
NIS+
directory name is not fully qualified, each directory specified will be
searched until the directory is found (see
nisdefaults(1)).
AUTHOR
nisrmdir
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
