September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
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Name
ypinit
Synopsis
ypinit [options]NFS/NIS command. Build and install an NIS database on an NIS server. ypinit can be used to set up a master server, slave server, or slave copier. Only a privileged user can run ypinit.
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.