Name

ypsetup − set up the Yellow Pages (YP) environment

Syntax

/usr/etc/ypsetup

Description

A local area network must be set up on your system before you can set up YP.  You must know your system’s default YP domain name and whether your system will be a master server, slave server, or client.  If your system is to be the master server for your YP domain, be sure no other master has been established.  If your system is not to be the master server, be sure a master already exists for your YP domain.  Once you know this information, run ypsetup with the system in multiuser mode and answer its questions.

Once YP is installed on a machine, it cannot be used until the /etc/svc.conf file is modified to contain YP entries on the desired database lines.  The ypsetup command reminds a user to run /usr/etc/svcsetup or edit the /etc/svc.conf file manually.

Files

Files that Start the YP Daemons:

/etc/crontab Clock daemon data base file

/etc/rc.local Commands pertinent to a specific system

Default YP Map Files:

group Group data base

hosts Host name data base

mail.aliases Sendmail alias database

netgroup Network group aliases

networks Network name data base

passwd Password file

protocols Protocol name data base

rpc Rpc name data base

services Service name data base

See Also

domainname(1yp), ypwhich(1yp), svc.conf(5), svcsetup(8), yppasswdd(8yp), ypserv(8yp), ypxfr(8yp)
Guide to the Yellow Pages Service