YPINIT(8) BSD System Manager's Manual YPINIT(8)NAME
ypinit -- create an YP server (master or slave)
SYNOPSIS
ypinit -m [domainname]
ypinit -s master_server [domainname]
ypinit -u [domainname]
DESCRIPTION
Ypinit is the utiliy to setup an YP server, or changing the ypserver map.
The options are as follows:
-m Setup a master YP server. If domainname is not given the default domainname will be used.
-s Setup a slave YP server. domainname is not given the default domainname will be used. master_server must be a running YP master
server.
-u Update the ypserver map on a YP master server. If domainname is not given the default domainname will be used.
SEE ALSO yp(8), ypserv(8)AUTHOR
Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>
BSD April 19, 1997 BSD
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NIS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NIS(8)NAME
nis, yp -- description of the NIS (formerly YP) subsystem
SYNOPSIS
ypbind [-ypset]
ypbind [-ypsetme]
ypset [-h host] [-d domain] server
yppoll [-h host] [-d domain] mapname
ypcat [-kt] [-d domainname] mapname
ypcat -x
ypmatch [-kt] [-d domainname] key ... mapname
ypmatch -x
ypwhich [-d domain] [[-t] -m [mname] | host]
ypwhich -x
ypserv [-d] [-x]
yppush [-d domainname] [-h hostname] [-v] mapname
ypxfr [-bcf] [-d domain] [-h host] [-s domain] [-C tid prog ipadd port] mapname
ypinit -m [domainname]
ypinit -s master_server [domainname]
yptest
rpc.yppasswdd [-noshell] [-nogecos] [-nopw] [-m arg1 arg2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
The NIS subsystem allows network management of passwd and group file entries through the functions getpwent(3) and getgrent(3). NIS also
provides hooks for other client programs, such as amd(8) and rpc.bootparamd(8), that can use NIS maps.
Password maps in standard YP are insecure, because the pw_passwd field is accessible by any user. A common solution to this is to generate a
secure map (using ``makedbm -s'') which can only be accessed by a client bound to a privileged port. To activate the secure map, see the
appropriate comment in /var/yp/Makefile.yp.
The NIS subsystem is conditionally started in /etc/rc. See the /etc/rc.conf file for configuration variables.
SEE ALSO domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypwhich(1), ypclnt(3), group(5), hosts_access(5), nsswitch.conf(5), passwd(5), rc.conf(5), rc(8),
ypbind(8), ypinit(8), yppoll(8), yppush(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8), yptest(8), ypxfr(8)HISTORY
The NIS client subsystem was originally written by Theo de Raadt to be compatible with Sun's implementation. The NIS server suite was origi-
nally written by Mats O Jansson.
BUGS
If ypbind(8) cannot find a server, the system behaves the same way as Sun's code: it hangs.
The 'secure map' feature is not compatible with non-BSD implementations as found e.g. in Solaris.
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