1YPINIT(8)                    NIS Reference Manual                    YPINIT(8)
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NAME

6       ypinit - NIS database install and build program
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/lib/yp/ypinit [-m] [-s master_name]
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DESCRIPTION

12       ypinit builds the domain subdirectory of /var/yp for the current
13       default domain. After building the domain subdirectory, ypinit builds a
14       complete set of administrative maps for your system and places them in
15       this directory. The first map created by ypinit -m is the ypservers
16       map. You should run it as root on the hosts, which should be the master
17       ypserver.You should have only one master server per NIS domain.
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19       All databases are built from scratch, either from information available
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21       These files are listed below under FILES.
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23       An NIS database on a slave server is set up by copying an existing
24       database from a running server. The master_name argument should be the
25       hostname of an NIS server (either the master server for all the maps,
26       or a server on which the data base is up-to-date and stable).
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OPTIONS

29       -m
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FILES

36       /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/hosts, /etc/networks, /etc/services,
37       /etc/protocols, /etc/netgroup, /etc/rpc
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SEE ALSO

40       makedbm(8), revnetgroup(8), yppush(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8)
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BUGS

43       There is no good error handling at the moment.
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AUTHOR

46       Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>
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50NIS Reference Manual              07/23/2022                         YPINIT(8)