February 26, 2005 YPINIT 8

### NAME

ypinit - initialize NIS subsystem

### SYNOPSIS

ypinit -c [domainname] [-l server1,...,serverN] ypinit -m [domainname] [-l server1,...,serverN] ypinit -s master_server [domainname] [-l server1,...,serverN]

### DESCRIPTION

ypinit initializes the files and directories that are required for a NIS client or server.

If domainname isn't specified, the default domain (as returned by domainname(1)) is used.

The following options are available:

-c
  Create a NIS client. Initializes ```/var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers` to contain a list of ypservers for ypbind(8) to connect to.

-l server1,...,serverN
  Set the list of client servers from the command line rather than prompting for them interactively. The format is a comma separated list of server names with no spaces.

-m
  Create a master NIS server. Generates map data from local files ``(`/etc/master.passwd`, ```/etc/group`, etc.).

-s master_server
  Create a slave server. Downloads the maps from master_server, which should be the active master NIS server.

To rebuild or refresh the maps for the NIS domain <domain>, change to the ```/var/yp/<domain>` directory and run make.

### FILES

```/var/yp`
  master NIS directory; contains the template makefiles.
```/var/yp/<domain>`
  directory to store NIS maps for <domain>.
```/var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers`
  list of NIS servers to bind to.

### SEE ALSO

domainname(1), make(1), makedbm(8), mknetid(8), nis(8), stdethers(8), stdhosts(8), ypbind(8), yppush(8), ypserv(8)

### AUTHORS

Originally written by Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>. Modified by Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@NetBSD.org>.