YPPUSH(8,C)                 AIX Commands Reference                  YPPUSH(8,C)



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yppush



PURPOSE

Forces propagation of a changed NIS map.

SYNTAX


                  +-------------+   +------+
/etc/yp/yppush ---|             |---|      |--- mapname ---|
                  +- -d domain -+   +- -v -+


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

The yppush command copies a new version of an NIS map from the master NIS
server to the slave NIS servers.  It is normally run only on the master NIS
server by the Makefile in /usr/etc/yp/ after the master data bases are changed.
It first constructs a list of NIS server hosts by reading the NIS map ypservers
within the domain.  Keys within the map ypservers are the ASCII names of the
machines on which the NIS servers run.

A "transfer map" request is sent to the NIS server at each host, along with the
information needed by the transfer agent (the program which actually moves the
map) to call back the yppush.  When the attempt has completed (successfully or
not), and the transfer agent has sent yppush a status message, the results may
be printed to stdout.  Messages are also printed when a transfer is not
possible; for instance when the request message is undeliverable, or when the
timeout period on responses has expired.

FLAGS

-d     Specifies a domain

-v     Verbose; causes messages to be printed when each server is called, and
       for each response.  If this flag is omitted, only error messages are
       printed.

FILES

/etc/yp/domainname/ypservers.{dir,pag}

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "ypserv, ypbind,"  "ypxfr."




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