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31.\" $FreeBSD$
32.\"
33.Dd November 10, 1997
34.Dt YPINIT 8
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm ypinit
38.Nd build and install NIS databases
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Fl m
42.Op Ar domainname
43.Nm
44.Fl s
45.Ar master_server
46.Op Ar domainname
47.Nm
48.Fl u
49.Op Ar domainname
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53utility is a script which sets up databases on a Network Information Service
54(NIS)
55master or slave server.
56.Pp
57On a master server,
58.Nm
59creates the
60.Pa /var/yp/$DOMAINNAME
61directory, the
62.Pa /var/yp/ypservers
63file, and calls
64.Pa /var/yp/Makefile
65to create and populate an initial set of NIS maps.
66The maps are
67created from local source files using the
68.Xr yp_mkdb 8
69utility.
70The utility will prompt the user for a list of servers
71that support the specified domain; this list is used to populate
72the ypservers map.
73.Pp
74On a slave server,
75.Nm
76creates the
77.Pa /var/yp/$DOMAINNAME ,
78populates it with copies of the NIS maps from the master.
79The maps
80are obtained from the master using the
81.Xr ypxfr 8
82utility.
83The
84.Nm
85utility obtains the list of maps to transfer in one of two ways: if
86the system is configured as an NIS client and is bound to the master
87server,
88.Nm
89is able to use the
90.Xr ypwhich 1
91utility to obtain a list of maps exported by the master server.
92If the system is not configured as a client of the NIS master,
93.Nm
94uses a hardcoded list of maps, some of which may or may not actually
95exist on the master.
96The system administrator can edit the
97.Nm
98script and
99modify the map list if necessary.
100Otherwise, individual maps can
101be transfered manually from the master using
102.Xr ypxfr 8 .
103.Sh OPTIONS
104The
105.Nm
106utility supports the following options:
107.Bl -tag -width indent
108.It Fl m Op Ar domainname
109Set up a master server.
110By default,
111.Nm
112sets up a server for
113the system default domain.
114The user can override this default by specifying
115.Ar domainname
116explicitly.
117Maps are constructed from scratch using local files as templates using
118the
119.Xr yp_mkdb 8
120utility.
121.It Fl s Ar master_server Op Ar domainname
122Set up a slave server using
123.Ar master_name
124as the master.
125Maps are copied from
126.Ar master_server
127to the slave using
128.Xr ypxfr 8 .
129By default,
130.Nm
131sets up a server for
132the system default domain.
133The user can override this default by specifying
134.Ar domainname
135explicitly.
136.It Fl u Op Ar domainname
137Update the ypservers map on the master server.
138When a new slave
139server is added to a domain, its hostname must be added to the
140ypservers map so that
141.Xr yppush 8
142can propagate updates on the master to all of the slaves.
143.El
144.Sh FILES
145.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/master.passwd -compact
146.It Pa /etc/bootparams
147Bootparams source file
148.It Pa /etc/ethers
149Ethers data source file
150.It Pa /etc/group
151Group source file
152.It Pa /etc/hosts
153Hostname/IP address source file
154.It Pa /etc/netid
155RPC netid source file
156.It Pa /etc/networks
157Networks source file
158.It Pa /etc/protocols
159Protocols source file
160.It Pa /etc/publickey
161RPC public key/secret key source file
162.It Pa /etc/services
163Services data source file
164.It Pa /etc/shells
165Shells source file
166.It Pa /var/yp/master.passwd
167Passwd database source file
168.It Pa /var/yp/netgroup
169Netgroup data source file
170.It Pa /var/yp/ypservers
171Ypservers source file (generated by
172.Nm )
173.El
174.Sh SEE ALSO
175.Xr mknetid 8 ,
176.Xr revnetgroup 8 ,
177.Xr yp 8 ,
178.Xr yp_mkdb 8 ,
179.Xr yppush 8 ,
180.Xr ypserv 8 ,
181.Xr ypxfr 8
182.Sh HISTORY
183This version of
184.Nm
185is based on the
186.Nm
187script in
188.Ox .
189It first appeared in
190.Fx 3.0 .
191.Sh AUTHORS
192.An -nosplit
193The original script was written by
194.An Mats O Jansson Aq moj@stacken.kth.se .
195It was modified for
196.Fx
197by
198.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .
199