YPSET(8)                COMMAND REFERENCE                YPSET(8)



NAME
     ypset - point ypbind at a particular server

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/yp/ypset [ -V1|-V2 ] [ -h host ] [ -d domain ]
     server

DESCRIPTION
     The program ypset tells ypbind to get YP (Yellow Pages)
     services 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 YP client process
     tries to get a binding for the domain.  At this point, the
     binding set by ypset will be tested by ypbind; if the
     binding is invalid, ypbind will attempt to rebind for the
     same domain.

     Useful for binding a client node which is not on a broadcast
     net, or is on a broadcast net which isn't running a YP
     server host, ypset is also useful for debugging YP client
     applications, for instance, where a YP map only exists at a
     single YP server host.

     In cases where several hosts on the local net are supplying
     YP services, 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 type

          ypset host1

     and then type ypwhich; ypset replies: host2, which can be
     confusing.  This is a function of the YP subsystem's attempt
     to load balance among the available YP 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.

     The argument server indicates the YP server to bind to, and
     can be specified as a name or an IP (Internet Protocol)
     address.  If specified as a name, ypset attempts to use YP
     services to resolve the name to an IP address; this will
     work 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.

     Refer to ypfiles(5) and ypserv(8) for an overview of the
     Yellow Pages.

OPTIONS
     -V1            Bind server for the (old) version 1 YP
                    protocol.




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YPSET(8)                COMMAND REFERENCE                YPSET(8)



     -V2            Bind server for the (current) version 2 YP
                    protocol.

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

CAVEATS
     The ypbind server must already be running before running
     ypset.

SEE ALSO
     ypwhich(1), ypfiles(5), ypserv(8).

































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