YPBIND(8)							     ypbind-mt								 YPBIND(8)

NAME

       ypbind - NIS binding process

SYNOPSIS

       ypbind [-c] [-d | -debug] [-verbose] [-broadcast] [-broken-server] [-ypset] [-ypsetme] [-no-ping] [-f configfile] [-local-only]
	      [-ping-interval ping-interval] [-no-dbus]

       ypbind --version

DESCRIPTION

       ypbind finds the server for NIS domains and maintains the NIS binding information. The client (normally the NIS routines in the standard C
       library) could get the information over RPC from ypbind or read the binding files. The binding files resides in the directory
       /var/yp/binding and are conventionally named [domainname].[version]. The supported versions are 1 and 2. There could be several such files
       since it is possible for an NIS client to be bound to more than one domain.

       After a binding has been established, ypbind will send YPPROC_DOMAIN requests to the current NIS server at 20 seconds intervals. If it
       doesn't get an response or the NIS server reports that he doesn't have this domain any longer, ypbind will search for a new NIS server. All
       15 minutes ypbind will check to see if the current NIS server is the fastest. If it find a server which answers faster, it will switch to
       this server. You could tell ypbind to use network broadcasts to find a new server, what is insecure, or you could give it a list of known
       secure servers. In this case ypbind will send a ping to all servers and binds to first one which answers.

       Unless the option -debug is used, ypbind detaches itself from the controlling terminal and puts itself into background.	ypbind uses
       syslog(3) for logging errors and warnings. At startup or when receiving signal SIGHUP, ypbind parses the file /etc/yp.conf and tries to use
       the entries for its initial binding.

       A broadcast entry in the configuration file will overwrite a ypserver/server entry and a ypserver/server entry broadcast. If all given
       server are down, ypbind will not switch to use broadcast.  ypbind will try at first /etc/hosts and then DNS for resolving the hosts names
       from /etc/yp.conf. If ypbind couldn't reconfigure the search order, it will use only DNS. If DNS isn't available, you could only use
       IP-addresses in /etc/hosts.  ypbind could only reconfigure the search order with glibc 2.x. If the -broadcast option is specified, ypbind
       will ignore the configuration file. If the file does not exist or if there are no valid entries, ypbind exit.

       This ypbind version listens for DBUS messages from NetworkManager. If no NetworkManager is running at startup, ypbind will behave as usual
       and assumes there is a working network connection. If NetworkManager is running on the system, ypbind will only search and provide NIS
       informations, if NetworkManager tells that a network connection is available. If NetworkManager establishes a connection, ypbind will
       reread all configuration files, registers at the local portmapper and try to search NIS servers. If NetworkManager drops a connection,
       ypbind will unregister from portmapper.

OPTIONS

       -broadcast
	   Send a broadcast to request the information needed to bind to a specific NIS server. With this option, /etc/yp.conf will be ignored.

       -ypset
	   Allow root from any remote machine to change the binding for a domain via the ypset(8) command. By default, no one can change the
	   binding. This option is really insecure. If you change a binding for a domain, all the current known servers for this domain will be
	   forgotten. If the new server goes down, ypbind will use the old searchlist.

       -ypsetme
	   The same as -ypset, but only root on the local machine is allowed to change the binding. Such requests are only allowed from loopback.

       -c
	   ypbind only checks if the config file has syntax errors and exits.

       -debug
	   starts ypbind in debug mode.  ypbind will not put itself into background, and error messages and debug output are written to standard
	   error.

       -verbose
	   Causes ypbind to syslog(2) any and all changes in the server its bound to.

       -broken-server
	   lets ypbind accept answers from servers running on an illegal port number. This should usually be avoided, but is required by some
	   ypserv(8) versions.

       -no-ping
	   ypbind will not check if the binding is alive. This option is for use with dialup connections to prevent ypbind from keeping the
	   connection unnecessarily open or causing autodials.

       -f configfile
	   ypbind will use configfile and not /etc/yp.conf

       -local-only
	   ypbind will only bind to the loopback device and is not reachable from a remote network.

       -ping-interval ping-interval
	   The default value for ypbind to check, if a NIS server is still reacheable, is 20 seconds. With this options another frequency in
	   seconds can be specified.

       -no-dbus
	   Disables DBUS support if compiled in.

       --version
	   Prints the version number

FILES

       /etc/yp.conf
	   configuration file.

       /var/yp/binding/[domainname].[version]
	   binding file containing information about each NIS domain.

       /var/run/ypbind.pid
	   contains the process id of the currently running ypbind master process.

SEE ALSO

       syslog(3), domainname(1), yp.conf(5), ypdomainname(8), ypwhich(1), ypserv(8), ypset(8)

AUTHOR

       ypbind-mt was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>.

ypbind-mt							    06/19/2009								 YPBIND(8)