ypinit(1M)                                                       ypinit(1M)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      ypinit - build and install Network Information Service databases

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      /usr/sbin/ypinit -m [DOM=NIS_domain]

      /usr/sbin/ypinit -s NIS_server_name [DOM=NIS_domain]

      /usr/sbin/ypinit -c

    Remarks    [Toc]    [Back]
      The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow
      Pages (yp).  Although the name has changed, the functionality of the
      service remains the same.

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      ypinit is a shell script that creates Network Information Service
      (NIS) databases on either a master or slave NIS server.  ypinit asks a
      few self-explanatory questions, and reports success or failure to the
      terminal.  For an overview of Network Information Service, see
      ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M).

    Options    [Toc]    [Back]
      ypinit recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:

           -m                  Create the local host as the master server to
                               all maps (databases) provided in the NIS
                               domain (see domainname(1)).  All maps are
                               built from scratch, either from information
                               provided to ypinit at run-time, or from ASCII
                               files in /etc.  All such files should be
                               complete and unabbreviated, unlike how they
                               may exist on a NIS client machine (see
                               passwd(4) for examples of abbreviated files).

                               See ypmake(1M) for more information on how
                               NIS databases are built on the master server.
                               Note that ypinit uses the NOPUSH=1 option
                               when invoking make, so newly formed maps are
                               not immediately copied to slave servers (see
                               ypmake(1M)).

           -s                  Create NIS databases on a slave server by
                               copying the databases from an existing NIS
                               server that serves the NIS domain.

                               The NIS_server_name argument should be the
                               host name of either the master server for all
                               the maps or a server on which the maps are
                               current and stable.




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 ypinit(1M)                                                       ypinit(1M)




           -c                  Configures the local host as a NIS client, so
                               that the NIS client will attempt to bind to a
                               particular NIS server. Invocation of ypinit
                               with a -c option prompts the user to
                               construct a list of NIS servers, in the order
                               of preference, to which the client will try
                               to bind.  This list of NIS servers is stored
                               in the file
                               /var/yp/binding/<domain_name>/ypservers.  In
                               order for ypbind to use this list of NIS
                               servers, ypbind should not be invoked with -
                               broadcast option. (see ypbind(1M) in
                               ypserv(1M)).  If it is so desired that it is
                               not necessary for a NIS client to bind to a
                               NIS server in a particular list, the ypinit
                               -c installation mechanism could be ignored.

           DOM=NIS_domain      Causes ypinit to construct maps for the
                               specified NISdomain.  DOM defaults to the NIS
                               domain shown by the domainname command (see
                               domainname(1).

 DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]
      ypinit returns exit code 0 if no errors occur; otherwise, it returns
      exit code 1.

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      ypinit was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /etc/group
      /etc/hosts
      /etc/netgroup
      /etc/networks
      /etc/passwd
      /etc/protocols
      /etc/publickey
      /etc/rpc
      /etc/services
      /etc/auto_master
      /etc/mail/aliases

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      domainname(1), makedbm(1M), ypmake(1M), yppush(1M), ypserv(1M),
      ypxfr(1M), ypxfrd(1M), group(4), hosts(4), netgroup(4), networks(4),
      passwd(4), protocols(4), publickey(4), rpc(4), services(4),
      vhe_list(4), ypfiles(4).


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