ypserv, ypxfrd — NIS Server and Binder Processes
Synopsis
/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypserv [-dv] /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypxfrd
Description
The Network Information Service (NIS) provides a simple network lookup service consisting of databases and processes. The databases are ndbm files in a directory tree rooted at /var/yp. See dbm_clearerr(3). These files are described in ypfiles(4). The processes are /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypserv, the NIS database lookup server, and /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypbind, the NIS binder. The programmatic interface to the NIS service is described in ypclnt(3N). Administrative tools are described in yppoll(1M), yppush(1M), ypset(1M), ypxfr(1M), and ypwhich(1). Tools to see the contents of NIS maps are described in ypcat(1) and ypmatch ...
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