NAME

ypprintcap − NIS printer capability database

SYNOPSIS

/etc/ypprintcap

AVAILABILITY

Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.x release or earlier.  Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature. 

DESCRIPTION

Create the Network Information Service (NIS) printcap map with this text file to centralize and simplify printer administration.  The /etc/ypprintcap file has the same format as the /etc/printcap file described in printcap(5). 

The text file for the NIS printcap map is stored in the /etc/printcap file on the NIS master of an NIS domain.  Other systems in a domain (besides the NIS master) can also have a local /etc/printcap file.  The local file is accessed first by programs such as lpr(1), and if it contains a line beginning with the character ‘+’, the NIS map will be accessed. 

The local /etc/printcap file can specify printers that are not available on a network-wide basis.  This implies that the NIS master cannot use the local /etc/printcap file to specify printers that are to be known only to the local system.  Sun386i systems allow the /etc/printcap file on the NIS master to be used locally, using the /etc/ypprintcap file to create the NIS printcap map. 

FILES

/etc/printcap

/etc/ypprintcap

SEE ALSO

lpq(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), snap(1), stty(1V), plot(3X), ttcompat(4M), printcap(5), termcap(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), pac(8)

System and Network Administration,
Sun386i SNAP Administration,
Sun386i Advanced Administration

NOTES

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP).  The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed.  The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications plc, and may not be used without permission. 

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 25 September 1989