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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 suc-
     cess 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 abbre-
     viated 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)

FILES
     /var/yp/binding/domainname/ypservers










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