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ypupdated, rpc.ypupdated - server for changing NIS information
SYNOPSIS
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
is a daemon that updates information in the databases. It is activated
at system startup when the variable is set to 1 in file on the NIS mas‐
ter server. consults the file in the directory to determine which NIS
maps should be updated and how to change them.
By default, the daemon requires the most secure method of authentica‐
tion available to it, either DES (secure) or UNIX (without augmented
security).
Options
supports the following options:
Accept RPC calls with the insecure AUTH_UNIX credentials.
This allows programmatic updating of the NIS maps in all
networks.
Accept only calls authenticated using the secure RPC mechanism
(AUTH_DES
authentication). This disables programmatic updating of
the NIS maps unless the network supports these calls.
AUTHOR
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
FILES
SEE ALSO
keyserv(1M), updaters(1M).
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