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diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8 index 576338d..ac78f40 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/yp.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)yp.8 1.0 (deraadt) 4/26/93 -.\" $Id: yp.4,v 1.4 1995/09/02 04:20:01 wpaul Exp $ +.\" $Id: yp.4,v 1.5 1996/01/30 13:51:21 mpp Exp $ .\" .Dd April 5, 1993 .Dt YP 4 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ entries through the functions and .Xr ethers 3 . The -.Nm bootparamd +.Xr bootparamd 8 daemon makes direct NIS library calls since there are no functions in the standard C library for reading bootparams. NIS support for the hosts, services and rpc databases is enabled by @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ subsystem is started automatically in if it has been initialized in .Pa /etc/sysconfig and if the directory -.Nm /var/yp +.Pa /var/yp exists (which it does in the default distribution). The default NIS domain must also be set with the .Xr domainname 1 @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ updated by the master. .El .Pp An NIS client establishes what is called a -.Nm binding +.Em binding to a particular NIS server using the .Xr ypbind 8 daemon. @@ -180,38 +180,41 @@ is designed to handle, most of which are implemented as functions within the standard C library: .Bl -bullet -offset indent .It -.Nm yp_order() +.Fn yp_order -- check the creation date of a particular map .It -.Nm yp_master() +.Fn yp_master -- obtain the name of the NIS master server for a given map/domain .It -.Nm yp_match() +.Fn yp_match -- lookup the data corresponding to a given in key in a particular map/domain .It -.Nm yp_first() +.Fn yp_first -- obtain the first key/data pair in a particular map/domain .It -.Nm yp_next() +.Fn yp_next -- pass .Xr ypserv 8 a key in a particular map/domain and have it return the -key/data pair immediately following it (yp_first() and yp_next() +key/data pair immediately following it (the functions +.Fn yp_first +and +.Fn yp_next can be used to do a sequential search of an NIS map) .It -.Nm yp_all() +.Fn yp_all -- retrieve the entire contents of a map .El .Pp There are a few other requests which -.Xr ypserv +.Xr ypserv 8 is capable of handling (i.e. acknowledge whether or not you can handle a particular domain (YPPROC_DOMAIN), or acknowledge only if you can handle the domain and be silent otherwise (YPPROC_DOMAIN_NONACK)) but these requests are usually generated only by -.Xr ypbind +.Xr ypbind 8 and are not meant to be used by standard utilities. .Pp On networks with a large number of hosts, it is often a good idea to @@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ is specially designed to provided enhanced security (compared to other NIS implementations) when used exclusively with FreeBSD client systems. The FreeBSD password database system (which is derived directly form 4.4BSD) includes support for -.Nm shadow passwords . +.Em "shadow passwords" . The standard password database does not contain users' encrypted passwords: these are instead stored (along with other information) is a separate database which is accessible only by the super-user. @@ -355,7 +358,8 @@ and functions do not yet have NIS support. Fortunately, these files don't need to be updated that often. .Pp -Many more manual pages should be written, especially ypclnt(3). +Many more manual pages should be written, especially +.Xr ypclnt 3 . For the time being, seek out a local Sun machine and read the manuals for there. .Pp |
