OpenDarwin 7.2.1 - man page for ypserv (opendarwin section 8)

YPSERV(8)			   BSD System Manager's Manual				YPSERV(8)

NAME
     ypserv -- YP server daemon

SYNOPSIS
     ypserv [-1] [-a aclfile] [-d] [-x]

DESCRIPTION
     Ypserv is a fundamental part of the network information system called YP.	This server pro-
     vides information from YP maps to the YP clients on the network.

     A YP map is stored on the server as a db(3) database. A number of YP maps is grouped
     together in a domain.  Ypserv determines the domains it serves by looking for a directory
     with the domain name in /var/yp.

     YP hasn't been known for high security through the years. In recent years security has
     improved by restricting access to the server. In SunOS 4.1 has a new file occured named
     /var/yp/securenet.  It contains networks the server can assume is secure. For information
     about file format see securenet(5).

     Before the author of this server had seen securenet(5) another format was implemented
     ypserv.acl(5).  This file format makes it possible to allow and deny hosts and networks
     access to the server. This file can have any name since it's given by the argument to -a
     (use full path).

     The file used can be reread by sending a SIGHUP to ypserv. The process pid can be found in
     the file /var/run/ypserv.pid

     If a host isn't secure all queries to the server will result in a YP_NODOM result.

     If the file /var/yp/ypserv.log exists then messages will be written to the file.

     If a directory named the same as the system domainname exists in /var/yp/ (ie. the domain-
     name is foo and directory /var/yp/foo exists), then ypserv will be automatically started at
     boot time.

     The options are as follows:

     -1      Allow ypserv to answer old YP version 1 requests.

     -a aclfile
	     Don't use /var/yp/securenet.  Use another file with another file format. For futher
	     information see man page for ypserv.acl.

     -d      Use Internet Domain Name System. If a query to map hosts.byname or hosts.byaddr
	     fails, make a DNS query and return the result if successful.  Alternately, if these
	     maps were built on the YP master using makedbm -b then DNS queries will be done
	     without needing to specify -d.

     -x      Terminate the server after processing aclfile or /var/yp/securenet.

FILES
     /var/yp/ypserv.log
     /var/yp/securenet
     /var/run/ypserv.pid

SEE ALSO
     yp(8), ypserv.acl(5), securenet(5), ypbind(1)

AUTHOR
     Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>

BSD					  June 27, 1994 				      BSD