ypset

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                    ypset(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      ypset - point ypbind at a particular server
 


SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/ypset [ -d ypdomain ]  [ -h host ]  server
 


DESCRIPTION
      In order to run ypset, ypbind must  be  initiated  with  the
      -ypset  or   -ypsetme  options.  See ypbind(1M). ypset tells
      ypbind to get NIS services for the specified  ypdomain  from
      the  ypserv process running on server. If server is down, or
      is not running ypserv, this may not be discovered  until  an
      NIS client process tries to get a binding for the domain. At
      this point, the binding set  by  ypset  will  be  tested  by
      ypbind.  If  the  binding is invalid, ypbind will attempt to
      rebind for the same domain.
 
      ypset is useful for binding a client node which is not on  a
      broadcast net, or is on a broadcast net which is not running
      a NIS server host. It  also  is  useful  for  debugging  NIS
      client  applications,  for  instance  where  a  NIS map only
      exists at a single NIS server host.
 
      In cases where several hosts on the local net are  supplying
      NIS services, it is possible for ypbind to rebind to another
      host even while you attempt to find out if the ypset  opera-
      tion succeeded.  For example, you can type:
 
 
      example% ypset host1
      example% ypwhich
      host2
 
 
      which can be confusing.  This  is  a  function  of  the  NIS
      subsystem's  attempt to load-balance among the available NIS
      servers, and occurs when host1 does not  respond  to  ypbind
      because  it  is  not  running ypserv (or is overloaded), and
      host2, running ypserv, gets the binding.
 
      server indicates the NIS server to  bind  to,  and  must  be
      specified as a name or an IP address. This will work only if
      the node has a current valid binding for the domain in ques-
      tion, and ypbind has been set to allow use of ypset. In most
      cases, server should be specified as an IP address.
 
      ypset tries to bind over a connectionless transport. The NIS
      library  call,  yp_all(), uses connection-oriented transport
      and derives the NIS server's address based  on  the  connec-
      tionless address supplied by ypset.
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                    ypset(1M)
 
 
 
      Refer to ypfiles(4) for an overview of the NIS name service.
 


OPTIONS
      -d ypdomain
            Use ypdomain, instead of the default domain.
 
      -h host
            Set ypbind's binding on host, instead of locally. host
            must be specified as a name.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWnisu                    |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      ypwhich(1), ypfiles(4), attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    2
 
 
 

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