ypinit(1M)                                             ypinit(1M)



     NAME
          ypinit - build and install yellow pages database

     SYNOPSIS
          ypinit -m

          ypinit -s master-name

     DESCRIPTION
          ypinit sets up a yellow pages (YP) server's database.  It
          can be used to set up a master server or a slave server.
          You must be the superuser to run it.  It asks a few ques-
          tions, which are self-explanatory, and reports success or
          failure to the terminal.

          It sets up a master server using the simple model in which
          that server is master to all maps in the data base.  This is
          the way to bootstrap the YP system; later if you want you
          can change the association of maps to masters.  All data-
          bases are built from scratch, either from information avail-
          able to the program at runtime, or from the ASCII data base
          files in /etc.  These files are listed below under FILES.
          All such files should be in their traditional form, rather
          than the abbreviated form used on client machines.

          A YP database slave server is set up by copying an existing
          database from a running server.  The master_name argument
          should be the host name of YP server, which is either actu-
          ally the master server for all the maps, or a server the
          data base of which is believed to be up-to-date and stable.

     FLAG OPTIONS
          -m   Indicates that the local host is to be the YP master.

          -s   Set up a slave database.  master_name must be an exist-
               ing, reachable YP server.

     FILES
          /etc/yp/ypinit
          /etc/passwd
          /etc/group
          /etc/hosts
          /etc/networks
          /etc/services
          /etc/protocols
          /etc/netgroup
          /etc/ethers

     SEE ALSO
          makedbm(1M), ypmake(1M), yppush(1M), ypserv(1M), ypxfr(1M),
          ypfiles(4).




     April, 1990                                                     1