ypset - point ypbind at a particular server ypset



  • System Administration Commands					     ypset(1M)
    
    
    
    NAME
           ypset - point ypbind at a particular server
    
    SYNOPSIS
           /usr/sbin/ypset [-d ypdomain] [-h host] server
    
    
    DESCRIPTION
           In  order  to  run  ypset,  ypbind must be initiated with the -ypset or
           -ypsetme	options. See ypbind(1M). ypset tells ypbind to	get  NIS  ser-
           vices  for  the	specified  ypdomain from the ypserv process running on
           server. If server is down, or is	not running ypserv, this might not  be
           discovered  until  an  NIS client process tries to obtain a binding for
           the domain. At this point, the  binding	set  by	 ypset	is  tested  by
           ypbind.	If  the	 binding is invalid, ypbind attempts to	rebind for the
           same domain.
    
    
           ypset is	useful for binding a client node that is not  on  a  broadcast
           net,  or	 is on a broadcast net that is not running an NIS server host.
           It is also useful for debugging NIS client applications,	for  instance,
           where an	NIS map	exists only at a single	NIS server host.
    
    
           Where several hosts on the local	net are	supplying NIS services,	ypbind
           can rebind to another host, even	while you attempt to find out  if  the
           ypset operation succeeded.  For example,	if you enter the ypset command
           below, you might	get the	subsequent response from ypwhich:
    
    	 example% ypset	host1
    	 example% ypwhich
    	 host2
    
    
    
    
           The sequence shown above	is a function of the NIS  subsystem's  attempt
           to  load-balance	among the available NIS	servers, and occurs when host1
           does not	respond	to ypbind because it is	 not  running  ypserv  (or  is
           overloaded), and	host2, running ypserv, obtains the binding.
    
    
           server  indicates which NIS server to bind to, and must be specified as
           a name or an IP address.	This works only	if  the	 node  has  a  current
           valid  binding  for  the	 domain	in question and	ypbind has been	set to
           allow use of ypset. In most cases, server should	be specified as	an  IP
           address.
    
    
           ypset  tries  to	 bind over a connectionless transport. The NIS library
           call, yp_all(), uses connection-oriented	transport and derives the  NIS
           server's	 address   based  on  the  connectionless  address supplied by
           ypset.
    
    
           Refer to	ypfiles(4) for an overview of the NIS name service.
    
    OPTIONS
           -d ypdomain    Use ypdomain, instead of the default domain.
    
    
           -h host	      Set ypbind's binding on host, instead of locally.	 Spec-
    		      ify host as a name.
    
    
    ATTRIBUTES
           See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
    
    
    
    
           +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
           |      ATTRIBUTE	TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
           +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
           |Availability		     |system/network/nis	   |
           +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
    
    SEE ALSO
           ypwhich(1), ypfiles(4), attributes(5)
    
    
    
    SunOS 5.11			  14 Sep 1992			     ypset(1M)
    

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