niserror Command

Purpose

Displays NIS+ error messages.

Syntax

niserror error-num

Description

The niserror command prints the NIS+ error associated with status value error-num on the standard output. It is used by shell scripts to translate NIS+ error numbers that are returned into text messages.

Examples

To print the error associated with the error number 20, enter:

niserror 20
Not Found, no such name