BOOTPARAMS(5) - File Formats Manual # BOOTPARAMS(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # bootparams - boot parameter database
DESCRIPTION # The bootparams file specifies the boot parameters that diskless(8) clients may request when booting over the network. Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the bootparams file containing the pathnames for its “root” and (optionally) “swap” areas.
Each line in the file (other than comment lines that begin with a ‘#’) specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that the client may request by their logical names.
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Accton,
Fsck,
Makewhatis,
Calendar,
Locate,
Crontab,
Sa,
Security,
Whatis,
Dump,
Yp,
Cron,
Ac,
Rdist,
Daily DAILY(8) - System Manager’s Manual # DAILY(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # daily, weekly, monthly - periodic system maintenance
DESCRIPTION # The three files /etc/daily, /etc/weekly, and /etc/monthly are shell scripts run on a periodic basis by the clock daemon, cron(8). They take care of some basic administrative tasks. Their output, if any, is mailed to root.
Note: The scripts are all run as part of root’s crontab(5). However, it is strongly suggested that the root mail account be an alias that forwards messages to a real user or set of users.
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DEFAULTDOMAIN(5) - File Formats Manual # DEFAULTDOMAIN(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # defaultdomain - default YP domain name
DESCRIPTION # The defaultdomain file is read by rc(8) at system startup time. It is used to set the YP domain name of the host machine (see yp(8)).
This file should contain a single line specifying the system domain name as supplied to domainname(1). Empty lines and lines beginning with ‘#’ in the file are ignored.
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DOMAINNAME(1) - General Commands Manual # DOMAINNAME(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # domainname - set or print YP domain of current host system
SYNOPSIS # domainname [name-of-domain]
DESCRIPTION # The domainname utility prints the YP domain name of the current host. The superuser can set the domain name by supplying a /etc/defaultdomain file (see defaultdomain(5)). This is used at system boot time by rc(8) to initialize the domainname.
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GROUP(5) - File Formats Manual # GROUP(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # group - format of the group permissions file
DESCRIPTION # The file /etc/group consists of newline separated ASCII records, one per group, containing four colon (’:’) separated fields. These fields are as follows:
group
Name of the group. passwd
Group’s encrypted password.
gid
The group’s decimal ID.
member
Group members.
The group field is the group name used for granting file access to users who are members of the group.
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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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MKALIAS(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MKALIAS(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mkalias - a YP map conversion program
SYNOPSIS # mkalias [-nv] [-EÂ |Â -e [-du]] input [output]
DESCRIPTION # mkalias is used to convert a mail.aliases map to a mail.byaddr map. This is an inverse map of user@host (or user!host) back to alias.
The options are as follows:
-d
Assume domain names are OK. Only useful together with -E or -e.
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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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