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38 .Nd build and install NIS databases
53 script sets up databases on a Network Information Service (NIS)
54 master or slave server.
59 .Pa /var/yp/$DOMAINNAME
64 to create and populate an initial set of NIS maps. The maps are
65 created from local source files using the
67 command. The script will prompt the user for a list of servers
68 that support the specified domain; this list is used to populate
74 .Pa /var/yp/$DOMAINNAME ,
75 populates it with copies of the NIS maps from the master. The maps
76 are obtained from the master using the
80 script obtains the list of maps to transfer in one of two ways: if
81 the system is configured as an NIS client and is bound to the master
86 command to obtain a list of maps exported by the master server.
87 If the system is not configured as a client of the NIS master,
89 uses a hardcoded list of maps, some of which may or may not actually
90 exist on the master. The system administrator can edit the script and
91 modify the map list if necessary. Otherwise, indivudual maps can
92 be transfered manually from the master using
96 supports the following options:
97 .Bl -tag -width indent
98 .It Fl m Op Ar domainname
99 Set up a master server. By default, the script sets up a server for
100 the system default domain. The user can override this default by specifying
103 Maps are constructed from scratch using local files as templates using
107 .It Fl s Ar master_server Op Ar domainname
108 Set up a slave server using
110 as the master. Maps are copied from
114 By default, the script sets up a server for
115 the system default domain. The user can override this default by specifying
118 .It Fl u Op Ar domainname
119 Update the ypservers map on the master server. When a new slave
120 server is added to a domain, its hostname must be added to the
121 ypservers map so that
123 can propagate updates on the master to all of the slaves.
125 .Bl -tag -width /var/yp/master.passwd -compact
126 .It Pa /etc/bootparams
127 Bootparams source file
129 Ethers data source file
133 Hostname/IP address source file
135 RPC netid source file
138 .It Pa /etc/protocols
139 Protocols source file
140 .It Pa /etc/publickey
141 RPC public key/secret key source file
143 Services data source file
144 .It Pa /var/yp/master.passwd
145 Passwd database source file
146 .It Pa /var/yp/netgroup
147 Netgroup data source file
148 .It Pa /var/yp/ypservers
149 Ypservers source file (generated by
172 The original script was written by
173 .An Mats O Jansson Aq moj@stacken.kth.se .
177 .An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .