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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MKNETID(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MKNETID(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mknetid - generate a YP map of group and domain memberships
SYNOPSIS # mknetid [-q] [-d domain] [-g groupfile] [-h hostfile] [-m netidfile] [-P master.passwdfile] [-p passwdfile]
DESCRIPTION # The mknetid utility combines information from the passwd(5), group(5), hosts(5), and netid(5) files, printing it in netid(5) format to the standard output. If the passwd(5) file is not available, the master.
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NETID(5) - File Formats Manual # NETID(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # netid - YP network credential file
DESCRIPTION # The file /etc/netid consists of newline separated ASCII records. Each record consists of a key, a single blank character, and a value. The key and the value may be arbitrary strings except that neither may contain blank characters.
Records in the file /etc/netid and in the netid.byname YP map are ignored by the system unless they have the following form:
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Adduser,
Login.conf,
Login,
Makefile.yp,
Netid,
Getpwent,
Chpass,
Yp,
Pwd_mkdb,
Vipw,
Crypt,
Netgroup,
Passwd PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual # PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # passwd, master.passwd - format of the password file
DESCRIPTION # The master.passwd file, readable only by root, consists of newline-separated records, one per user, containing ten colon separated fields. These fields are as follows:
name
User’s login name.
password
User’s encrypted password.
uid
User’s login user ID.
gid
User’s login group ID.
class
User’s general classification (see login.
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Portmap,
Ypserv,
Ypcat,
Resolv.conf,
Makefile.yp,
Ypwhich,
Group,
Ypbind,
Passwd,
Ypset,
Ypinit,
Yppoll,
Ypmatch,
Domainname,
Yppush,
Defaultdomain,
Ypxfr,
Yp_bind,
Yp YP(8) - System Manager’s Manual # YP(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # yp - description of the YP subsystem
SYNOPSIS # ypinit -m [domainname]
ypinit -s master_server [domainname]
ypinit -u [domainname]
ypbind [-insecure] [-ypset] [-ypsetme]
ypset [-d domain] [-h host] server
yppoll [-d domain] [-h host] mapname
ypcat [-kt] [-d domainname] mapname
ypcat -x
ypmatch [-kt] [-d domainname] key … mapname
ypmatch -x
ypwhich [-t] [-d domain] [[-h] host]
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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]
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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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