ypinit(1M)                                                       ypinit(1M)


   NAME
         ypinit - build and install YP database

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/sbin/ypinit -c
         /usr/sbin/ypinit -m
         /usr/sbin/ypinit -s master-name

   DESCRIPTION
         ypinit sets up a YP name service database on a YP server.  It can be
         used to set up a master or a slave server, or a client system.  You
         must be the privileged user to run it.  It asks a few, self-
         explanatory  questions, 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 databases are built from scratch, either from information
         available to the program at runtime, or from the ASCII data base
         files in /etc.  These files should be in their traditional form,
         rather than the abbreviated form used on client machines.

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

         To set up a client, ypinit prompts for a list of YP servers to bind
         the client to, this list should be ordered from closest to farthest
         server.

         Read ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of the YP name
         service.

         The following options are available:

         -c    Set up a client system.

         -m    Indicate that the local host is to be the YP master.

         -s master-name
               Set up a slave database.

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




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   FILES
         /var/yp/binding/domainname/ypservers



















































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