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1.\" Copyright (c) 1992/3 Theo de Raadt <deraadt@fsa.ca>
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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169.Pa Tn NIS clients ,
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170clients,
170which query
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172servers for information.
173.It
171which query
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173servers for information.
174.It
174.Pa Tn NIS master servers ,
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176master servers,
175which maintain the canonical copies of all
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177maps.
178.It
177which maintain the canonical copies of all
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179maps.
180.It
179.Pa Tn NIS slave servers ,
181.Tn NIS
182slave servers,
180which maintain backup copies of
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182maps that are periodically
183updated by the master.
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183which maintain backup copies of
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185maps that are periodically
186updated by the master.
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