July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Linux
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Options
-d domain
Use domain instead of the default domain.
-h host
Set ypbind’s binding on host instead of the local host. host can
be specified as a name or an IP address.
yptest
yptest [options]
NFS/NIS command. Check configuration of NIS services by calling
various NIS functions. Without arguments, yptest queries the NIS
server for the local machine.
Options
-d domainname
Use domainname instead of the current host’s default domain.
This option may cause some tests to fail.
-h host
Test ypserv on the specified host instead of the current host.
This option may cause some tests to fail.
-m map
Use the specified map instead of the default map.
-q Quiet mode. Print no messages.
-u user
Run tests as user instead of as nobody.
ypwhich
ypwhich [options] [host]
NFS/NIS command. Return hostname of NIS server or map
master. Without arguments, ypwhich cites the NIS server for the
local machine. If host is specified, that machine is queried to find
out which NIS master it is using.
Options
-d domain
Use domain instead of the default domain.
-m [map]
Find master NIS server for a map. No host can be specified
with -m. map may be a map name or a nickname for a map. If
no map is specified, display a list of available maps.
-t mapname
Inhibit nickname translation.
-Vn
Version of ypbind (default ...
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