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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8 | 33 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8 b/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8 index 8e560d5..dc4565ce 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8 @@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ directory, the .Pa /var/yp/ypservers file, and calls .Pa /var/yp/Makefile -to create and populate an initial set of NIS maps. The maps are +to create and populate an initial set of NIS maps. +The maps are created from local source files using the .Xr yp_mkdb 8 -command. The script will prompt the user for a list of servers +command. +The script will prompt the user for a list of servers that support the specified domain; this list is used to populate the ypservers map. .Pp @@ -72,10 +74,12 @@ On a slave server, .Nm creates the .Pa /var/yp/$DOMAINNAME , -populates it with copies of the NIS maps from the master. The maps +populates it with copies of the NIS maps from the master. +The maps are obtained from the master using the .Xr ypxfr 8 -command. The +command. +The .Nm script obtains the list of maps to transfer in one of two ways: if the system is configured as an NIS client and is bound to the master @@ -87,8 +91,10 @@ command to obtain a list of maps exported by the master server. If the system is not configured as a client of the NIS master, .Nm uses a hardcoded list of maps, some of which may or may not actually -exist on the master. The system administrator can edit the script and -modify the map list if necessary. Otherwise, indivudual maps can +exist on the master. +The system administrator can edit the script and +modify the map list if necessary. +Otherwise, indivudual maps can be transfered manually from the master using .Xr ypxfr 8 . .Sh OPTIONS @@ -96,8 +102,10 @@ be transfered manually from the master using supports the following options: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl m Op Ar domainname -Set up a master server. By default, the script sets up a server for -the system default domain. The user can override this default by specifying +Set up a master server. +By default, the script sets up a server for +the system default domain. +The user can override this default by specifying .Ar domainname explicitly. Maps are constructed from scratch using local files as templates using @@ -107,16 +115,19 @@ command. .It Fl s Ar master_server Op Ar domainname Set up a slave server using .Ar master_name -as the master. Maps are copied from +as the master. +Maps are copied from .Ar master_server to the slave using .Xr ypxfr 8 . By default, the script sets up a server for -the system default domain. The user can override this default by specifying +the system default domain. +The user can override this default by specifying .Ar domainname explicitly. .It Fl u Op Ar domainname -Update the ypservers map on the master server. When a new slave +Update the ypservers map on the master server. +When a new slave server is added to a domain, its hostname must be added to the ypservers map so that .Xr yppush 8 |
