July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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-debug
Run in the foreground process instead of detaching and
running as a daemon.
-f file
Read configuration information from file instead of /etc/yp.conf.
-no-ping
Don’t ping remote servers to make sure they are alive.
--version
Print version information, then exit.
-ypset
Allow remote machine to change the local server’s bindings.
This option is very dangerous and should be used only for
debugging the network from a remote machine.
-ypsetme
ypset requests may be issued from this machine only. Security
is based on IP address checking, which can be defeated on
networks on which untrusted individuals may inject packets.
This option is not recommended.
ypcat
ypcat [options] map
NFS/NIS command. Print values in an NIS database specified by
map name or nickname.
Options
-d domain
Specify domain other than the default domain.
-h host
Specify a ypbind host other than the default.
--help, -?
Print help message, then exit.
-k Display keys for maps in which values are null or key is not
part of value.
-t Do not translate mname to map name.
--version, -?
Print version number, then exit.
-x Display map nickname table listing the nicknames (mnames)
known and map name associated with each nickname. Do not
require an mname argument.
ypinit
ypinit [options]
NFS/NIS command. Build and install ...
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