1.\" $NetBSD: ypinit.8,v 1.19 2018/09/25 09:53:40 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Curt J. Sampson. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd February 26, 2005 31.Dt YPINIT 8 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm ypinit 35.Nd initialize NIS subsystem 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Fl c 39.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN 40.Op Ar domainname 41.Nm 42.Fl m 43.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN 44.Op Ar domainname 45.Nm 46.Fl s 47.Ar master_server 48.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN 49.Op Ar domainname 50.Sh DESCRIPTION 51.Nm 52initializes the files and directories that are required for a 53.Tn NIS 54client or server. 55.Pp 56If 57.Ar domainname 58isn't specified, the default domain (as returned by 59.Xr domainname 1 ) 60is used. 61.Pp 62The following options are available: 63.Bl -tag -width indent 64.It Fl c 65Create a 66.Tn NIS 67client. 68Initializes 69.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers 70to contain a list of ypservers for 71.Xr ypbind 8 72to connect to. 73.It Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN 74Set the list of client servers from the command line rather than 75prompting for them interactively. 76The format is a comma separated list 77of server names with no spaces. 78.It Fl m 79Create a master 80.Tn NIS 81server. 82Generates map data from local files 83.Pa ( /etc/master.passwd , 84.Pa /etc/group , 85etc.). 86.It Fl s Ar master_server 87Create a slave server. 88Downloads the maps from 89.Ar master_server , 90which should be the active master 91.Tn NIS 92server. 93.El 94.Pp 95To rebuild or refresh the maps for the 96.Tn NIS 97domain <domain>, change to the 98.Pa /var/yp/<domain> 99directory and run 100.Ic make . 101.Sh FILES 102.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/ypserv.log -compact 103.It Pa /var/yp 104master 105.Tn NIS 106directory; contains the template makefiles. 107.It Pa /var/yp/<domain> 108directory to store 109.Tn NIS 110maps for <domain>. 111.It Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers 112list of 113.Tn NIS 114servers to bind to. 115.El 116.Sh SEE ALSO 117.Xr domainname 1 , 118.Xr make 1 , 119.Xr makedbm 8 , 120.Xr mknetid 8 , 121.Xr nis 8 , 122.Xr stdethers 8 , 123.Xr stdhosts 8 , 124.Xr ypbind 8 , 125.Xr yppush 8 , 126.Xr ypserv 8 127.Sh AUTHORS 128.An -nosplit 129Originally written by 130.An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt moj@stacken.kth.se . 131Modified by 132.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq Mt thorpej@NetBSD.org . 133