create_nidb

create_nidb

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 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