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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/yppush/yppush.8')
| -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 |
