ypset(8) — AIX PS/2 1.2.1



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



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ypset



PURPOSE

Points ypbind at a particular server.

SYNTAX


                 +------------------+
/etc/yp/ypset ---| +--------------+ |--- server ---|
                 +-| -V1          |-+
                  ^| -h host      ||
                  || -d domainame ||
                  |+--------------+|
                  +----------------+


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

The ypset command tells the ypbind command to get network information service
for the specified domain from the ypserv process running on server.  If server
is down, or isn't running ypserv, this is not discovered until a NIS client
process tries to get a binding for the domain.  At this point, the binding set
by ypset is tested by ypbind.  If the binding is invalid, ypbind attempts to
rebind for the same domain.

The ypset command is useful for binding a client node which is not on a
broadcast net, or is on a broadcast net which is not running an NIS server
host.  It also is useful for debugging NIS client applications, for instance,
where a NIS map only exists at a single NIS server host.

In cases where several hosts on the local net are supplying network information
service, it is possible for ypbind to rebind to another host even while you
attempt to find out if the ypset operation succeeded.  That is, you can enter
"ypset host1", and then "ypwhich", which replies "host2", which can be
confusing.  This is a function of the NIS subsystem's attempt to load-balance
among the available NIS servers, and occurs when host1 does not respond to
ypbind because it is not running ypserv (or is overloaded), and host2, running
ypserv, gets the binding.

server indicates the NIS server to bind to, and can be specified as a name or
an IP address.  If specified as a name, ypset attempts to use network
information service to resolve the name to an IP address.  This works only if
the node has a current valid binding for the domain in question.  In most
cases, server should be specified as an IP address.




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FLAGS

-V1         Bind server for the v.1 NIS protocol.

            If no version is supplied, ypset, first attempts to set the domain
            for the (current) v.2 protocol.  If this attempt fails, ypset, then
            attempts to set the domain for the (old) v.1 protocol.

-h host     Set ypbind's binding on host, instead of locally.  host can be
            specified as a name or as an IP address.

-d domain   Use domain, instead of the default domain.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "ypwhich" and "ypserv, ypbind."







































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