YP(3R-SysV)         RISC/os Reference Manual          YP(3R-SysV)



NAME
     yp - Network Information Service protocol

PROTOCOL
     /usr/include/rpcsvc/yp.x

DESCRIPTION
     The Network Information Service is used for the administra-
     tion of network-wide databases.  The service is composed
     mainly of two programs:  YPBINDPROG for finding a NIS server
     and YPPROG for accessing the NIS databases.

PROGRAMMING
     Refer to ypclnt(3Y) for information on the programmatic
     interface to NIS servers and databases.

SEE ALSO
     ypclnt(3Y), yppasswd(3R).

ORIGIN
     Sun Microsystems


































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