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| author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000 |
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| committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000 |
| commit | d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36 (patch) | |
| tree | 1cffbfcbeace5b3e6b01d3c6b67a9c10233bc810 /usr.sbin/yp_mkdb | |
| parent | 745a7b1537c2ebb511bcf928366eefe72af77dac (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36.zip FreeBSD-src-d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36.tar.gz | |
The .Nm utility
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/yp_mkdb')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/yp_mkdb/yp_mkdb.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/yp_mkdb/yp_mkdb.8 b/usr.sbin/yp_mkdb/yp_mkdb.8 index f0d3651..f7b8f22 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/yp_mkdb/yp_mkdb.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/yp_mkdb/yp_mkdb.8 @@ -53,14 +53,16 @@ .Ar inputfile .Ar dbname .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Yp_mkdb -creates +The +.Nm +utility creates .Xr db 3 style databases for use with .Fx Ns 's NIS server. -.Nm Yp_mkdb -reads data from +The +.Nm +utility reads data from .Ar inputfile , and writes it to .Ar dbname @@ -79,11 +81,13 @@ These databases are typically stored in where .Ar domainname is the name of the NIS domain being served. -.Nm Yp_mkdb -is usually invoked by +The +.Nm +utility is usually invoked by .Pa /var/yp/Makefile . -.Nm Yp_mkdb -can also be used to dump an NIS database file so that its +The +.Nm +utility can also be used to dump an NIS database file so that its contents can be examined. For security reasons, all databases that .Nm |
