September 2000
Beginner
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/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypbind [-broadcast | -ypset | -ypsetme]
NIS provides a simple network lookup service consisting of databases and processes. The databases are stored on the system that runs an NIS server process. The programmatic interface to NIS is described in ypclnt(3N). Administrative tools are described in ypinit(1M), ypwhich(1), and ypset(1M). Tools to see the contents of NIS maps are described in ypcat(1), and ypmatch(1).
The ypbind daemon is activated at system startup time from the /etc/init.d/rpc startup script. By default, it is invoked as ypbind -broadcast. ypbind runs on all client machines that are set up to use NIS; see sysidtool(1M).
ypbind remembers information that lets all ...