yppush(1M)                                                yppush(1M)


       NAME
             yppush - force propagation of a changed NIS map

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/sbin/yppush [-v] [-d ypdomain] mapname

       DESCRIPTION
             The yppush command copies a new version of the named Network
             Information Service (NIS) map from the master NIS server to
             the slave NIS servers.

          Files
            /var/yp/ypdomain/ypservers.dir
                                        local file
                                        /var/yp/ypdomain/ypservers.pag
                                        local file
            /var/yp

       USAGE
             yppush is normally run only on the master NIS server by the
             Makefile in /var/yp after the master databases are changed.
             It first constructs a list of NIS server hosts by reading the
             NIS map ypservers within the ypdomain, or if the map is not
             set up, the local file is used.  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 that 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.

             Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of the NIS
             service.

          Options
             yppush takes the following options:

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


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      yppush(1M)                                                yppush(1M)


            -d ypdomain     Specify a ypdomain  other than the default
                            domain.

      REFERENCES
            domainname(1M), ypserv(1M), ypxfr(1M), ypfiles(4)











































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