ypmake(1M)																ypmake(1M)

NAME

       ypmake - create or rebuild Network Information Service databases

SYNOPSIS

       source_directory] NIS_domain] passwd_file] shadow_file] [map [map ...]]

       source_directory] NIS_domain] passwd_file] shadow_file] [map ...]

   Remarks
       The  Network  Information  Service  (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (yp).  Although the name has changed, the functionality of the
       service remains the same.

DESCRIPTION

       is a shell script that builds one or more Network Information Service (NIS) maps (databases) on a master NIS server.  If no  arguments  are
       specified,  either  creates maps if they do not already exist or rebuilds maps that are not current.  These maps are constructed from ASCII
       files.  then executes to notify slave NIS servers of the change and make the slave servers copy the updated maps  to  their  machines  (see
       yppush(1M)).

       If  any	maps are supplied on the command line, creates or updates those maps only.  Permissible names for maps are the filenames in listed
       under FILES below.  In addition, specific maps can be named, such as or

       The command can be used instead of (see make(1)).  The no longer calls the script but now actually constructs the maps.	All  NIS  commands
       have  been  modified  to  use  the instead of The and can co-exist, but it is recommended that you consider using the which is the standard
       mechanism for building maps on other vendor's machines.

       Both the and script use five variables:

	      The directory containing the ASCII
				       source files from which maps are constructed.  defaults to

	      Causes		       to construct maps for the specified NIS_domain.	defaults to the NIS domain shown by (see domainname(1)).

	      When non-null (null by default),
				       inhibits copying the new or updated databases to the slave NIS servers.	Only  slave  NIS  servers  in  the
				       specified domain receive notification when is null.

	      Does the same thing as   and sends a "clear current map" request to the local process.

	      Specifies the full pathname of the ASCII
				       file that should use when building the NIS passwd maps.	defaults to

	      Specifies the full pathname of the ASCII file that
				       must use in conjunction with the to build NIS password maps.  is ignored if is set to 0 in defaults to

       The order of arguments passed to is unimportant, but the maps are built or updated in the left-to-right order provided.

       Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of Network Information Service.

       NOTE:   The  file contains IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.  collects data from the file and builds four maps, namely and The and maps contain IPv4
       data and the and maps contain IPv4 and IPv6 data.

DIAGNOSTICS

       returns one of the following exit codes upon completion:

	      0    Normal termination; no problems.
	      1    One or more unrecognized arguments were passed.
	      2    The NIS domain name is not set.
	      3    The subdirectory used to contain maps for a specific NIS domain, does not exist or is not writable.
	      4    An error was encountered when building at least one of the maps.
	      5    One or more maps' ASCII files do not exist or are unreadable.

EXAMPLES

       Create or rebuild the password databases (both the and maps) from and use to copy the databases to any slave NIS servers in the default NIS
       domain:

       Create or rebuild the hosts databases from but do not copy the databases to any slave NIS servers:

       Create or rebuild the network maps from and copy the maps to any slave NIS servers in NIS domain

AUTHOR

       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       domainname(1),  make(1),  makedbm(1M),  ypinit(1M), yppush(1M), ypserv(1M), group(4), hosts(4), netgroup(4), networks(4), passwd(4), proto-
       cols(4), publickey(4), rpc(4), services(4), ypfiles(4).

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