This chapter demonstrates four Directory Services utilities : dscl , nireport , nidump , and niload . Table 10-1 describes these and other NetInfo utilities.
Tool | Description |
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dscl | Provides a command-line interface to Directory Services. |
nicl | Provides a command-line interface to NetInfo. |
nidump | Extracts flat file format data (such as /etc/passwd ) from NetInfo. |
nifind | Finds a NetInfo directory. |
nigrep | Performs a regular expression search on NetInfo. |
niload | Loads flat file format data (such as /etc/passwd ) into NetInfo. |
nireport | Prints tables from NetInfo. |
niutil | NetInfo utility for manipulating the database. |
The nidump and nireport utilities display the contents of the local directory. niload loads the contents of flat files (such as /etc/passwd or /etc/ hosts ) into Directory Services. niutil directly manipulates the Directory Services database; it's the command-line equivalent of NetInfo Manager. To make changes, use sudo with these commands or first log in as the root user. The commands that can be performed as a normal user are shown without the sudo command in the examples that follow.
Unlike other ni* utilities, nicl acts directly on the database files. Consequently, you can use nicl to modify the local directory even when Directory Services is not running (such as when you boot into single-user mode).
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