Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

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Commands

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Options

-m Indicate that the local host is to be the NIS master server.

-s master_name

Set up a slave server database. master_name should be the

hostname of an NIS server, either the master server for all the

maps, or a server on which the database is up to date and

stable.

ypmatch

ypmatch [options] key... mname

NFS/NIS command. Print value of one or more keys from an NIS

map specified by mname. mname may be either a map name or a

map nickname.

Options

-d domain

Specify domain other than default domain.

-k Before printing value of a key, print the key itself, followed by

a colon (:).

-t Do not translate nickname to map name.

-x Display map nickname table listing the nicknames (mnames)

known, and the map name associated with each nickname. Do

not require an mname argument.

yppasswd

yppasswd [options] [name]

NFS/NIS command. Change login password in Network Informa-

tion Service. Create or change your password, and distribute the

new password over NIS. The superuser can change the password

for any user. This command may also be invoked as ypchfn and

ypchsh.

Options

-f Update the password information field (the GECOS field).

Using this option is the same as ypchfn.

-l Update the login shell. Using this option is the same as

ypchsh.

-p Update the password. This is the default ...