YPINIT(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

YPINIT(8) - System Manager’s Manual

NAME #

ypinit - create a YP server (master or slave)

SYNOPSIS #

ypinit -m [domainname]
ypinit -s master_server [domainname]
ypinit -u [domainname]

DESCRIPTION #

ypinit may be used to set up a YP server, or to change the ypserver map. If domainname is not given, the default domainname will be used.

The options are as follows:

-m [domainname]

Set up a master YP server.

-s master_server [domainname]

Set up a slave YP server. master_server must be a running YP master server.

-u [domainname]

Update the ypserver map on a YP master server, or create a new one if the old one has been deleted.

SEE ALSO #

domainname(1), [Makefile.yp(8)](/man/man8/Makefile.yp.8), yp(8), ypserv(8)

AUTHORS #

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

OpenBSD 7.5 - July 16, 2013