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diff --git a/Doc/library/nis.rst b/Doc/library/nis.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77684bf --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/library/nis.rst @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ + +:mod:`nis` --- Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) +==================================================== + +.. module:: nis + :platform: Unix + :synopsis: Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) library. +.. moduleauthor:: Fred Gansevles <Fred.Gansevles@cs.utwente.nl> +.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il> + + +The :mod:`nis` module gives a thin wrapper around the NIS library, useful for +central administration of several hosts. + +Because NIS exists only on Unix systems, this module is only available for Unix. + +The :mod:`nis` module defines the following functions: + + +.. function:: match(key, mapname[, domain=default_domain]) + + Return the match for *key* in map *mapname*, or raise an error + (:exc:`nis.error`) if there is none. Both should be strings, *key* is 8-bit + clean. Return value is an arbitrary array of bytes (may contain ``NULL`` and + other joys). + + Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.5 + The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If + unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain. + + +.. function:: cat(mapname[, domain=default_domain]) + + Return a dictionary mapping *key* to *value* such that ``match(key, + mapname)==value``. Note that both keys and values of the dictionary are + arbitrary arrays of bytes. + + Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.5 + The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If + unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain. + + +.. function:: maps([domain=default_domain]) + + Return a list of all valid maps. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.5 + The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If + unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain. + + +.. function:: get_default_domain() + + Return the system default NIS domain. + + .. versionadded:: 2.5 + +The :mod:`nis` module defines the following exception: + + +.. exception:: error + + An error raised when a NIS function returns an error code. + |