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ypupdate(3c) [hpux man page]

ypupdate(3C)															      ypupdate(3C)

NAME

       ypupdate: yp_update() - changes NIS information

SYNOPSIS

       [flag]... file... [library]...

   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

       The routine is used to make changes to the Network Information Service (NIS) database.  The syntax is the same as that of (see  ypclnt(3C))
       except for the extra parameter which can be one of these four values:

	      The data associated with the key will be changed to the new value.
				  If the key is not found in the database, then returns

	      The key-value pair will be inserted into the database.
				  The error is returned if the key already exists in the database.

	      The key-value pair will be stored into the database without concern for whether
				  it already exists or not.

	      The key-value pair will be deleted from the database.

       This routine depends upon secure RPC and will not work unless the network is running secure RPC.

MULTITHREAD USAGE

       Thread Safe:	     No
       Cancel Safe:	     No
       Fork Safe:	     No
       Async-cancel Safe:    No
       Async-signal Safe:    No

       These  functions  cannot be called safely in a multithreaded environment.  They may be cancellation points in that they call functions that
       are cancel points.

       In a multithreaded environment, these functions are not safe to be called by a child process after and before These functions should not be
       called by a multithreaded application that support asynchronous cancellation or asynchronous signals.

AUTHOR

       The routine was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO

       ypclnt(3C).

																      ypupdate(3C)

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getpublickey(3N)														  getpublickey(3N)

NAME

       getpublickey(), getsecretkey(), publickey - retrieve public or secret key

SYNOPSIS


DESCRIPTION

       and  get  public and secret keys for netname.  The key may come from one of the following sources: the file (see publickey(4)), the NIS map
       or entries in the LDAP directory.  The sources and their lookup order are specified in the file (see nsswitch.conf(4)).

       has an extra argument, passwd, which is used to decrypt the encrypted secret key stored in the database.

MULTITHREAD USAGE

       Thread Safe:	     Yes
       Cancel Safe:	     Yes
       Fork Safe:	     No
       Async-cancel Safe:    No
       Async-signal Safe:    No

       These functions can be called safely in a multithreaded environment.  They may be cancellation points in that they call functions that  are
       cancel points.

       In a multithreaded environment, these functions are not safe to be called by a child process after and before These functions should not be
       called by a multithreaded application that supports asynchronous cancellation or asynchronous signals.

RETURN VALUE

       Both routines return if they are successful in finding the key, (zero) otherwise.  The keys are returned  as  NULL-terminated,  hexadecimal
       strings.  If the password supplied to fails to decrypt the secret key, the routine will return but the secretkey[0] will be set to NULL.

WARNINGS

       HP-UX 11i Version 2 is the last HP-UX release on which NIS+ is supported.  LDAP is the recommended replacement for NIS+.  HP fully supports
       the industry standard naming services based on LDAP.

SEE ALSO

       secure_rpc(3N), nsswitch.conf(4), publickey(4).

																  getpublickey(3N)
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