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:mod:`nis` --- Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages)
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.. module:: nis
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:platform: Unix
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:synopsis: Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) library.
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.. moduleauthor:: Fred Gansevles <Fred.Gansevles@cs.utwente.nl>
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.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
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The :mod:`nis` module gives a thin wrapper around the NIS library, useful for
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central administration of several hosts.
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Because NIS exists only on Unix systems, this module is only available for Unix.
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The :mod:`nis` module defines the following functions:
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.. function:: match(key, mapname[, domain=default_domain])
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Return the match for *key* in map *mapname*, or raise an error
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(:exc:`nis.error`) if there is none. Both should be strings, *key* is 8-bit
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clean. Return value is an arbitrary array of bytes (may contain ``NULL`` and
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other joys).
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Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
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.. versionchanged:: 2.5
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The *domain* argument allows overriding the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
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unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
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.. function:: cat(mapname[, domain=default_domain])
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Return a dictionary mapping *key* to *value* such that ``match(key,
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mapname)==value``. Note that both keys and values of the dictionary are
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arbitrary arrays of bytes.
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Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
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.. versionchanged:: 2.5
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The *domain* argument allows overriding the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
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unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
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.. function:: maps([domain=default_domain])
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Return a list of all valid maps.
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.. versionchanged:: 2.5
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The *domain* argument allows overriding the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
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unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
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.. function:: get_default_domain()
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Return the system default NIS domain.
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.. versionadded:: 2.5
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The :mod:`nis` module defines the following exception:
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.. exception:: error
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An error raised when a NIS function returns an error code.
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