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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/yppush | |
parent | 745a7b1537c2ebb511bcf928366eefe72af77dac (diff) | |
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The .Nm utility
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/yppush')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/yppush/yppush.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/yppush/yppush.8 b/usr.sbin/yppush/yppush.8 index d4dedd3..ca5e483 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/yppush/yppush.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/yppush/yppush.8 @@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ .Op Fl v .Ar mapname .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Yppush -distributes updated NIS databases (or +The +.Nm +utility distributes updated NIS databases (or .Pa maps ) from an NIS master server to NIS slave servers within an NIS domain. @@ -107,8 +108,9 @@ controls how long will wait for a response from a slave server before sending a map transfer request to the next slave server in its list. .It Fl j Ar #parallel jobs -.Nm Yppush -normally performs transfers serially, meaning that it will +The +.Nm +utility normally performs transfers serially, meaning that it will send a map transfer request to one slave server and then wait for it to respond before moving on to the next slave server. In environments @@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ The flag can be used to specify an alternate path in the event that the system administrator decides to store the NIS maps somewhere else. .It Fl v -Verbose mode: causes +Verbose mode: it causes .Nm to print debugging messages as it runs. Specifying this flag twice |