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+.\" Copyright (c) 1992/3 Theo de Raadt <deraadt@fsa.ca>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\"     from: @(#)yp.8	1.0 (deraadt) 4/26/93
+.\"	$Id: yp.8,v 1.2 1994/01/11 19:01:20 nate Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd April 5, 1993
+.Dt YP 4
+.Os BSD 4.2
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm yp
+.Nd description of the YP system
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm yp
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm YP
+subsystem allows network management of passwd and group file
+entries through the functions getpwent(3) and getgrent(3).
+The
+.Nm YP 
+subsystem is started automatically in
+.Nm /etc/netstart
+if the directory
+.Nm /var/yp
+exists.
+.Sh BUGS
+Only
+.Nm YP
+client functionality exists -- the server code has not yet been
+written. Brave folk can contact the author.
+
+.Nm /etc/passwd
+and
+.Nm /etc/group only supports "+" entries.
+
+Many more manual pages should be written, especially ypclnt(3).
+For the time being, seek out a local Sun machine and read the
+manuals for there.
+
+Neither Sun nor this author have found a clean way to handle
+the problems that occur when ypbind cannot find its server
+upon bootup.
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm YP
+subsystem was written from the ground up by Theo de Raadt
+to be compatible to Sun's implimentation. No Sun code was
+referenced.