ypset(1M)ypset(1M)NAMEypset - bind to particular Network Information Service server
SYNOPSIS
host] domain] server
Remarks
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow
Pages (YP). Although the name has changed, the functionality of the
service remains the same.
DESCRIPTION
tells to get Network Information Service (NIS) services for the speci‐
fied domain from the process running on server (see ypserv(1M) and
ypbind(1M)). server is the NIS server that the NIS client binds to,
and is specified as either a host name or an IP address. If server is
down or is not running this is not discovered until a local NIS client
process tries to obtain a binding for the domain. The daemon then
tests the binding set by If the binding cannot be made to the requested
server, attempts to rebind to another server in the same domain present
in the ypservers file.
NOTE: In order to run must be initiated with the or options. For more
information on how to initiate see ypbind(1M).
The command is useful for binding a client node that is not on a broad‐
cast network. If a client node exists on a broadcast network which has
no NIS server running, and if there is a network with one running that
is available via a gateway, can establish a binding through that gate‐
way. It is also useful for debugging NIS client applications such as
when a NIS map exists only at a single NIS server.
In cases where several hosts on the local net are supplying NIS ser‐
vices, it is possible for to rebind to another host, even while you
attempt to find out if the operation succeeded. For example, typing
followed by and receiving the reply may be confusing. It could occur
when host1 does not respond to because its process is not running or is
overloaded, and host2, running gets the binding.
The server is the NIS server to bind to, specified as either a host
name or an IP address.
Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of the Network
Information Service.
Options
recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:
Bind server for the Version 2 NIS protocol.
Set the binding on
host instead of locally. host can be specified
as a host name or an IP address.
Use domain instead of the default domain returned by
(see domainname(1)).
DIAGNOSTICS
The user is not root, or ypbind was run without the
flags. See ypserv(1M) for explanations of the flags.
The user is not root, or ypbind was run without one of the
flags. See ypserv(1M) for explanations of the flags.
WARNINGS
Starting with ONCplus version B.11.31.02, the NIS Version 1 protocol is
no longer available.
AUTHOR
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSOdomainname(1), ypwhich(1), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4).
ypset(1M)
