MAKEDBM(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MAKEDBM(8)NAME
makedbm -- create a YP database
SYNOPSIS
makedbm -u file
makedbm -U file
makedbm [-bls] [-i yp_input_file] [-o yp_output_file] [-d yp_domain_name] [-m yp_master_name] infile outfile
DESCRIPTION
Makedbm is the utiliy in YP that creates the database file containing the YP map. The databse format is a slightly modified version of ndbm.
The options are as follows:
-u Dump a database to standard output.
-U Same as -u but also try db(3) hash format.
-b Interdomain. Include an entry in the database informing a YP server to use DNS to get information about unknown hosts. This option
will only have effect on the two maps hosts.byname and hosts.byaddr.
-l Lowercase. Convert all keys to lower case before adding them to the YP database.
-s Secure map. Include an entry in the database informing ypxfr(8) and ypserv(8) that the YP map is going to be handled as secure.
-i yp_input_file
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_INPUT_FILE and the argument as value.
-o yp_output_file
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_OUTPUT_FILE and the argument as value.
-d yp_domain_name
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_DOMAIN_NAME and the argument as value.
-m yp_master_name
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_MASTER_NAME and the argument as value.
SEE ALSO yp(8), db(3), ypxfr(8), ypserv(8)AUTHOR
Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>
BSD July 19, 1994 BSD
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makedbm(1M) System Administration Commands makedbm(1M)NAME
makedbm - make a dbm file, or get a text file from a dbm file
SYNOPSIS
makedbm [-b] [-l] [-s] [-E] [-i yp_input_file] [-o yp_output_name] [-d yp_domain_name] [-m yp_master_name] [-S delimiter] [-D num-
ber_of_delimiters] infile outfile
makedbm [-u dbmfilename]
DESCRIPTION
The makedbm utility takes the infile and converts it to a pair of files in ndbm format (see ndbm(3C)), namely outfile.pag and outfile.dir.
Each line of the input file is converted to a single dbm record. All characters up to the first TAB or SPACE form the key, and the rest of
the line is the data. If a line ends with `' (backslash), the data for that record is continued on to the next line. makedbm does not
treat `#' (pound-sign) as a special character.
Because makedbm is mainly used in generating dbm files for the NIS name service, it generates a special entry with the key yp_last_modi-
fied, which is the date of infile (or the current time, if infile is `-'). The entries that have keys with the prefix yp_ are interpreted
by NIS server utilities.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-b Insert the YP_INTERDOMAIN into the output. This key causes ypserv(1M) to use DNS for host name and address
lookups for hosts not found in the maps.
-d yp_domain_name Create a special entry with the key yp_domain_name.
-D number_of delimiters Specify number_of_delimiters to skip before forming the key.
-E Delimiters are escaped.
-i yp_input_file Create a special entry with the key yp_input_file.
-l Lower case. Convert the keys of the given map to lower case, so that, for example, host name matches succeed inde-
pendent of upper or lower case distinctions.
-m yp_master_name Create a special entry with the key yp_master_name. If no master host name is specified, yp_master_name is set to
the local host name.
-o yp_output_name Create a special entry with the key yp_output_name.
-s Secure map. Accept connections from secure NIS networks only.
-S delimiter Specify the delimiter to use instead of the default delimiter for forming the key.
-u dbmfilename Undo a dbm file. Prints out the file in text format, one entry per line, with a single space separating keys from
values.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
infile Input file for makedbm. If infile is `-' (dash), the standard input is read.
outfile One of two output files in ndbm format: outfile.pag and outfile.dir.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ypserv(1M), ndbm(3C), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 17 Aug 1999 makedbm(1M)