YPMAKE(1M)          RISC/os Reference Manual           YPMAKE(1M)



NAME
     ypmake - rebuild Network Information Service database

SYNOPSIS
     cd /etc/yp ; make [ map ]

DESCRIPTION
     The file called Makefile in /etc/yp is used by make to build
     the Network Information Service database.  With no argu-
     ments, make creates dbm databases for any NIS maps that are
     out-of-date, and then executes yppush(1M) to notify slave
     databases that there has been a change.

     If you supply a map on the command line, make will update
     that map only.  Typing make passwd will create and yppush
     the password database (assuming it is out of date).  Like-
     wise, make hosts and make networks will create and yppush
     the host and network files, /etc/hosts and /etc/networks.

     There are three special variables used by make:  DIR, which
     gives the directory of the source files; NOPUSH, which when
     non-null inhibits doing a yppush of the new database files;
     and DOM, used to construct a domain other than the master's
     default domain.  The default for DIR is /etc, and the
     default for NOPUSH is the null string.

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

FILES
     /etc/yp
     /etc/hosts
     /etc/networks

SEE ALSO
     makedbm(1M), yppush(1M), ypserv(1M).
     make(1) in the User's Reference Manual.
     ypfiles(4) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

ORIGIN
     Sun Microsystems














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