udpublickey(1M) 														   udpublickey(1M)

NAME

       udpublickey - update the publickey database file and the NIS map

SYNOPSIS

   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 executed from the updaters(1M) makefile when either or updates the database file.

       receives the following information from or

	      Requestor's name (a string)

	      Type of update

	      Number of bytes in key

	      Key

	      Number of bytes in data

	      Data

       After receiving this information, attempts to update the publickey database file,

       If the update is successful, makes the NIS map,

       If the update is completely successful, exits with a zero(0) status; otherwise exits with a valid NIS error.

       This command should not be run interactively.

AUTHOR

       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

FILES

       SEE ALSO
	      newkey(1M), rpc.ypupdated(1M), updaters(1M), publickey(4).

																   udpublickey(1M)