From 291882b7f53c02bef8d1d8814a9dc2ce7638e705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wollman Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 01:07:26 +0000 Subject: Moved YP general explanation manual page to a slightly more appropriate location. --- share/man/man8/yp.8 | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/man8/yp.8 (limited to 'share/man/man8/yp.8') diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..495b3cc --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1992/3 Theo de Raadt +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY +.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)yp.8 1.0 (deraadt) 4/26/93 +.\" $Id: yp.8,v 1.2 1994/01/11 19:01:20 nate Exp $ +.\" +.Dd April 5, 1993 +.Dt YP 4 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm yp +.Nd description of the YP system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm yp +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm YP +subsystem allows network management of passwd and group file +entries through the functions getpwent(3) and getgrent(3). +The +.Nm YP +subsystem is started automatically in +.Nm /etc/netstart +if the directory +.Nm /var/yp +exists. +.Sh BUGS +Only +.Nm YP +client functionality exists -- the server code has not yet been +written. Brave folk can contact the author. + +.Nm /etc/passwd +and +.Nm /etc/group only supports "+" entries. + +Many more manual pages should be written, especially ypclnt(3). +For the time being, seek out a local Sun machine and read the +manuals for there. + +Neither Sun nor this author have found a clean way to handle +the problems that occur when ypbind cannot find its server +upon bootup. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm YP +subsystem was written from the ground up by Theo de Raadt +to be compatible to Sun's implimentation. No Sun code was +referenced. -- cgit v1.1