NAME
    hesinfo - find out what is stored in the Hesiod database

SYNOPSIS
    hesinfo [-bl] HesiodName HesiodNameType

DESCRIPTION
    hesinfo takes two arguments, a name to be resolved and a string, known
    as a HesiodNameType. It then prints the information returned by the
    Hesiod nameserver.

    The value returned by hesinfo is of the type HesiodNameType.

    hesinfo understands the following options:

    -l   Selects long format.

    -b   Prints the fully-qualified string passed to the nameserver.

 VALID Hesiod_Names
    The following types of identifiers may be used in the HesiodName argu-
    ment to hesinfo.  These values will be resolved by accessing the hesiod
    database.

    <username>
    the 8-character-or-less string used to identify users or classes
    (e.g. joeuser, root, 1.00, etc).  Used  with  the  Hes-
    iod_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 seperated by a colon.

    <nfs server>:<partition>
    the name  of an  nfs server and its partition seperated 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/ser-
    vices).

    <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 spe-
    cific HesiodName argument. However, you must include a  dummy
    string (e.g. 'foo') for hesinfo
     to work properly.

 VALID Hesiod_Name_Types
    The following symbols are valid substitutions for the HesiodNameType
    argument to hesinfo.

 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>.

FILES
    /etc/athena/hesiod.conf

SEE ALSO
    `Hesiod - Project Athena Technical Plan -- Name Service', named(8),
    hesiod(3)

AUTHOR
    Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena
    Copyright 1987, 1988, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
    ogy.