YP.CONF

Section: ypbind\-mt (5)
Updated: 10/04/2006
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NAME

yp.conf - NIS binding configuration file

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/yp.conf is read from ypbind(8) at startup or when receiving signal SIGHUP. The entries are used for the initial binding. Valid entries are

domain nisdomain server hostname: Use server hostname for the domain nisdomain. You could have more then one entry of this type for a single domain.
domain nisdomain broadcast: Use broadcast on the local net for domain nisdomain.
domain nisdomain slp: Query the local running SLP server for hosts running ypserv and distributing nisdomain. This option is only available, if ypbind was compiled with SLP support.
ypserver hostname: Use server hostname for the local domain.
broadcast: If no other server is given or all of them are not reachable, try a broadcast call for the default domain to find a server.

If for a specific domain the broadcast option and fixed server are given, ypbind-mt tries at first the given servers before falling back to broadcasting for a running server.

AUTHOR

ypbind-mt was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>.

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