NAME

ypinit − set up NIS client

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/ypinit −c

AVAILABILITY

SUNWnisu

DESCRIPTION

ypinit can be used to set up an NIS client system.  You must be the super-user to run this command.  This script need not be used at all if ypbind(1M) is started with the −broadcast option (it is invoked with this option from the start up script /etc/init.d/rpc). 

Normally, ypinit is run only once after installing the system.  It may be run whenever a new NIS server is added to the network or an existing one is decommissioned. 

ypinit prompts for a list of NIS servers to bind the client to; this list should be ordered from the closest to the furthest server. Each of these NIS servers must be listed in /etc/hosts along with its IP address.  ypinit stores the list in file /var/yp/binding/domain/ypservers.  This file is used by ypbind when run without the −broadcast option. 

OPTIONS

−c Set up a client system. 

FILES

/var/yp/binding/domain/ypservers

SEE ALSO

ypbind(1M), sysinfo(2), hosts(4)

BUGS

ypinit sets up the list of NIS servers only for the current domain on the system when it is run, that is, the domain returned by the SI_SRPC_DOMAIN command to sysinfo(2).  Care should be taken to ensure that this is the same as the desired domain for NIS client processes. 

SunOS 5.2  —  Last change: 14 Sep 1992