redhat man page for makedbm

MAKEDBM(8)						      System Manager's Manual							MAKEDBM(8)

NAME
       makedbm - create or dump a ypserv database file

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/yp/makedbm  [  -a  |  -r  ] [ -b ] [ -c ] [ -s ] [ -l ] [ -i YP_INPUT_NAME ] [ -o YP_OUTPUT_NAME ] [ -m YP_MASTER_NAME ] inputfile
       dbname
       /usr/lib/yp/makedbm -u dbname
       /usr/lib/yp/makedbm -c
       /usr/lib/yp/makedbm --version

DESCRIPTION
       makedbm takes the inputfile and converts it to a ypserv database file. In the moment, GDBM is used as database. Each line of the input file
       is  converted  to  a single record. All characters up to the first TAB or SPACE are the key, and the rest of the line is the data.  makedbm
       does not treat `#' as a special character.

OPTIONS
       -a     Special support for mail aliases. We couldn't use sendmail for it, since sendmail uses db, but ypserv gdbm as database format.

       -b     Insert the YP_INTERDOMAIN into the output.  This key causes ypserv(8) to use DNS for host name and address  lookups  for	hosts  not
	      found in the maps.

       -c     send a YPPROC_CLEAR to the local ypserv(8).  This causes ypserv to invalidate all cached entries.

       -l     Convert the keys of the given map to lower case.

       -i YP_INPUT_NAME
	      Create a special entry with the key YP_INPUT_NAME.

       -m YP_MASTER_NAME
	      Create  a  special  entry with the key YP_MASTER_NAME.  If no master host name is specified, YP_MASTER_NAME will be set to the local
	      host name.

       -o YP_OUTPUT_NAME
	      Create a special entry with the key YP_OUTPUT_NAME.

       -r     Handle `#' as comment sign and remove the comment.

       -s     Secure map. Accept connections from secure NIS networks only (reserved ports).

       -u dbname
	      Dump a ypserv database file. Prints out the file in text format, one entry per line, with a single space separating keys	from  val-
	      ues.

       --no-limit-check
	      Don't check for NIS key and data limit.

SEE ALSO
       ypserv(8)

AUTHOR
       makedbm was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.

YP Server							    August 2001 							MAKEDBM(8)