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37.Dd February 26, 2005
38.Dt YPINIT 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm ypinit
42.Nd initialize NIS subsystem
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Fl c
46.Op Ar domainname
47.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
48.Nm
49.Fl m
50.Op Ar domainname
51.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
52.Nm
53.Fl s
54.Ar master_server
55.Op Ar domainname
56.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58.Nm
59initializes the files and directories that are required for a
60.Tn NIS
61client or server.
62.Pp
63If
64.Ar domainname
65isn't specified, the default domain (as returned by
66.Xr domainname 1 )
67is used.
68.Pp
69The following options are available:
70.Bl -tag -width indent
71.It Fl c
72Create a
73.Tn NIS
74client.
75Initializes
76.Pa /var/yp/binding/\*[Lt]domain\*[Gt].ypservers
77to contain a list of ypservers for
78.Xr ypbind 8
79to connect to.
80.It Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
81Set the list of client servers from the command line rather than
82prompting for them interactively.  The format is a comma separated list
83of server names with no spaces.
84.It Fl m
85Create a master
86.Tn NIS
87server.
88Generates map data from local files
89.Pa ( /etc/master.passwd ,
90.Pa /etc/group ,
91etc.).
92.It Fl s Ar master_server
93Create a slave server.
94Downloads the maps from
95.Ar master_server ,
96which should be the active master
97.Tn NIS
98server.
99.El
100.Pp
101To rebuild or refresh the maps for the
102.Tn NIS
103domain \*[Lt]domain\*[Gt], change to the
104.Pa /var/yp/\*[Lt]domain\*[Gt]
105directory and run
106.Ic make .
107.Sh FILES
108.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/ypserv.log -compact
109.It Pa /var/yp
110master
111.Tn NIS
112directory; contains the template makefiles.
113.It Pa /var/yp/\*[Lt]domain\*[Gt]
114directory to store
115.Tn NIS
116maps for \*[Lt]domain\*[Gt].
117.It Pa /var/yp/binding/\*[Lt]domain\*[Gt].ypservers
118list of
119.Tn NIS
120servers to bind to.
121.El
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr domainname 1 ,
124.Xr make 1 ,
125.Xr makedbm 8 ,
126.Xr mknetid 8 ,
127.Xr nis 8 ,
128.Xr stdethers 8 ,
129.Xr stdhosts 8 ,
130.Xr ypbind 8 ,
131.Xr yppush 8 ,
132.Xr ypserv 8
133.Sh AUTHORS
134Originally written by Mats O Jansson
135.Aq moj@stacken.kth.se .
136Modified by Jason R. Thorpe
137.Aq thorpej@NetBSD.org .
138