Search

Use Search when you want to find a NIS entry in the directory. By default you can search four NIS maps with this function, users, aliases, hosts and groups.


Quick Reference


Searching for an Entry

  1. Click on the Search icon, or select Search from the Entry menu.
    The Search window is displayed.

  2. Select the map that you want to search from the Map Name option button. Standard options are Users, Aliases, Hosts or Groups.
    The NIS Domain is displayed.

    To modify the default NIS maps, or create new NIS maps, change the definitions in the Deja.properties file on the directory server. See the Sun Directory Services 3.1 User's Guide for information.

  3. Type the text string you want to search for in the NIS Key text field.
    The search can include the standard wildcard character *.

  4. Click Search to start the search.
    The search results are displayed in the search results list and the number of entries found is displayed in the status bar. If there are no matches, the search results list is empty and the status bar indicates that no entries were found.

  5. Click the Clear button to clear the search text field.


Search Results List


 
 
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