YPBIND(8) BSD System Manager's Manual YPBIND(8)NAMEypbind — create and maintain a binding to a NIS server
SYNOPSISypbind [-broadcast] [-insecure] [-ypset] [-ypsetme]
DESCRIPTIONypbind finds the server for a particular NIS domain and stores informa‐
tion about it in a “binding file”. This binding information includes the
IP address of the server associated with that particular domain and which
port the server is using. This information is stored in the directory
/var/yp/binding in a file named with the convention <domain>.version,
where ⟨domain⟩ is the relevant domain. The NIS system only supplies
information on version 2.
If ypbind is started without the -broadcast option, ypbind steps through
the list of NIS servers specified in /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
and contacts each in turn attempting to bind to that server. It is
strongly recommended that these hosts are in the local hosts file, and
that hosts are looked up in local files before the NIS hosts map.
If ypbind is started with the -broadcast option, or if
/var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers does not exist, ypbind broadcasts to
find a process willing to serve maps for the client's domain.
Once a binding is established, ypbind maintains this binding by periodi‐
cally communicating with the server to which it is bound. If the binding
is somehow lost, e.g by server reboot, ypbind marks the domain as unbound
and attempts to re-establish the binding. When the binding is once again
successful, ypbind marks the domain as bound and resumes its periodic
check.
The options are as follows:
-broadcast sends a broadcast requesting a NIS server to which to bind.
-insecure do not require that the server is running on a reserved port.
This may be necessary when connecting to SunOS 3.x or ULTRIX
NIS servers.
-ypsetypset(8) may be used to change the server to which a domain
is bound.
-ypsetmeypset(8) may be used only from this machine to change the
server to which a domain is bound.
The -broadcast -ypset, and -ypsetme, options are inherently insecure and
should be avoided.
FILES
/var/yp/binding/<domain>.version - binding file for <domain>.
/var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers - explicit list of servers to bind to
for <domain>.
DIAGNOSTICS
Messages are sent to syslogd(8) using the LOG_DAEMON facility.
SEE ALSOdomainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypwhich(1), nis(8), yppoll(8),
ypset(8)AUTHORS
This version of ypbind was originally implemented by Theo de Raadt. The
ypservers support was implemented by Luke Mewburn.
BSD February 26, 2005 BSD