CAP_MKDB(1) - General Commands Manual # CAP_MKDB(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # cap_mkdb - create capability database
SYNOPSIS # cap_mkdb [-v] [-f outfile] file1 [file2 …]
DESCRIPTION # cap_mkdb builds a hashed database out of the cgetent(3) logical database constructed by the concatenation of the specified files.
The database is named by the basename of the first file argument and the string “.db”. The cgetent(3) routines can access the database in this form much more quickly than they can the original text file(s).
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DEV_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual # DEV_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # dev_mkdb - create /dev database
SYNOPSIS # dev_mkdb
DESCRIPTION # The dev_mkdb command creates a hash(3) access method Berkeley database in “/var/run/dev.db” which contains the names of all of the character and block special files in the “/dev” directory, using the file type and the st_rdev field as the key.
Keys are a structure containing a mode_t followed by a dev_t, with any padding zeroed out.
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MAKEDBM(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAKEDBM(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # makedbm - create a YP database
SYNOPSIS # makedbm [-blsUu] [-d yp_domain_name] [-i yp_input_file] [-m yp_master_name] [-o yp_output_file] infile outfile
DESCRIPTION # makedbm is the utility in YP that creates the database file containing the YP map. The database format is a slightly modified version of ndbm.
The options are as follows:
-b
Interdomain. Include an entry in the database informing a YP server to use DNS to get information about unknown hosts.
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MAKEFILE.YP(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAKEFILE.YP(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # Makefile.yp - generate and distribute YP maps
SYNOPSIS # cd /var/yp; make
DESCRIPTION # The Makefile.yp utility generates or updates the YP maps to be served by ypserv(8).
Each YP domain to be served must have its own subdirectory below /var/yp. Use ypinit(8) to set up such subdirectories. In particular, ypinit(8) will copy /var/yp/Makefile.yp into each new domain subdirectory.
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NETGROUP_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual # NETGROUP_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # netgroup_mkdb - generate the netgroup databases
SYNOPSIS # netgroup_mkdb [-o database] [file]
DESCRIPTION # netgroup_mkdb creates Berkeley databases for the specified file. If no file is specified, /etc/netgroup is used. These databases are then installed into /etc/netgroup.db. The file must be in the correct format (see netgroup(5)).
The options are as follows:
-o database
Put the output databases in the named file.
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NETGROUP(5) - File Formats Manual # NETGROUP(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # netgroup - defines network groups
DESCRIPTION # The netgroup file specifies “netgroups”, which are sets of (host, user, domain) tuples that are to be given similar network access.
Each line in the file consists of a netgroup name followed by a list of the members of the netgroup. Each member can be either the name of another netgroup or a specification of a tuple as follows:
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PWD_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual # PWD_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # pwd_mkdb - generate the password databases
SYNOPSIS # pwd_mkdb [-c] [-p | -s] [-d directory] [-u username] file
DESCRIPTION # pwd_mkdb creates a pair of Berkeley databases from file and installs them into /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db. The file argument is renamed to /etc/master.passwd.
The options are as follows:
-c
Check whether file is in the correct format.
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VACATION(1) - General Commands Manual # VACATION(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # vacation - provide absence notification when receiving email
SYNOPSIS # vacation -i [-r interval]
vacation [-a alias] login
DESCRIPTION # vacation returns a message to the sender of a message telling them that you are currently not reading your mail. The intended use is in a .forward file. For example, your .forward file might have:
\eric, "|/usr/bin/vacation -a allman eric" which would send messages to you (assuming your login name was eric) and reply to any messages for “eric” or “allman”.
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YPPUSH(8) - System Manager’s Manual # YPPUSH(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # yppush - force distribution of one YP map
SYNOPSIS # yppush [-v] [-d domainname] [-h hostname] mapname
DESCRIPTION # The yppush utility distributes one YP map from the master server to all slave servers in the domain. All servers of the domain are fetched from the YP map ypservers. Before starting distribution, the master server is told to reread its Berkeley DB map files from disk.
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YPSERV(8) - System Manager’s Manual # YPSERV(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # ypserv - YP server daemon
SYNOPSIS # ypserv [-1dx] [-a aclfile]
DESCRIPTION # ypserv is a fundamental part of the network information system called YP. This server provides information from YP maps to the YP clients on the network.
A YP map is stored on the server as a Berkeley database. A number of YP maps are grouped together in a domain.
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