ypinit

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                   ypinit(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      ypinit - set up NIS client
 


SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/ypinit [ -c ]  [ -m ]  [ -s master_server ]
 


DESCRIPTION
      ypinit can be used to set up an   NIS  client  system.   You
      must be the superuser to run this command.  This script need
      not be used at all if ypbind(1M) is started with the -broad-
      cast  option  (it is invoked with this option from the start
      up script /etc/init.d/rpc).
 
      Normally,  ypinit is run only once after installing the sys-
      tem. It may be run whenever a new NIS server is added to the
      network or an existing one is decommissioned.
 
      ypinit prompts for a list of NIS servers to bind the  client
      to;  this  list  should  be  ordered from the closest to the
      furthest server. Each of these NIS servers must be listed in
      either  the  /etc/hosts  or the /etc/inet/ipnodes file along
      with  its  IP  address.  ypinit  stores  the  list  in  file
      /var/yp/binding/domain/ypservers.   This  file  is  used  by
      ypbind when run without the  -broadcast option.
 


OPTIONS
      -c    Set up a ypclient system.
 
      -m    Build a master ypserver data base.
 
      -s master_server
            Slave data base. master_server must be the same master
            configured  in the YP maps and returned by the ypwhich
            -m command.
 


FILES
      /etc/hosts"
 
      /etc/inet/ipnodes
 
 
      /var/yp/binding/domain/ypservers
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8            Last change: 6 Oct 1999                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                   ypinit(1M)
 
 
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
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     | Availability                | SUNWnisu                    |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      ypbind(1M), sysinfo(2), hosts(4), ipnodes(4), attributes(5)
 
 BUGS
      ypinit sets up the list of NIS servers only for the  current
      domain  on  the  system  when it is run, that is, the domain
      returned by the SI_SRPC_DOMAIN command to sysinfo(2).   Care
      should  be  taken  to  ensure  that  this is the same as the
      desired domain for NIS client processes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8            Last change: 6 Oct 1999                    2
 
 
 

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