1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Jason R. Thorpe 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 14.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 15.\" This product includes software developed by Jason Thorpe. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" $FreeBSD$ 33.\" 34.Dd October 25, 1994 35.Dt YPSET 8 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm ypset 39.Nd tell 40.Xr ypbind 8 41which YP server process to use 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm ypset 44.Op Fl h Ar host 45.Op Fl d Ar domain 46.Ar server 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48.Nm Ypset 49tells the 50.Xr ypbind 8 51process on the current machine which YP server process to communicate with. 52If 53.Ar server 54is down or is not running a YP server process, it is not discovered until 55a YP client process attempts to access a YP map, at which time 56.Xr ypbind 8 57tests the binding and takes appropriate action. 58.Pp 59.Nm Ypset 60is most useful for binding a YP client that is not on the same broadcast 61network as the closest YP server, but can also be used for debugging 62a local network's YP configuration, testing specific YP client 63programs, or binding to a specific server when there are many servers on 64the local network supplying YP maps. 65.Pp 66The options are as follows: 67.Bl -tag -width indent 68.It Fl h Ar host 69Set the YP binding on 70.Ar host 71instead of the local machine. 72.It Fl d Ar domain 73Use the YP domain 74.Ar domain 75instead of the default domain as returned by 76.Xr domainname 1 . 77.El 78.Sh SEE ALSO 79.Xr domainname 1 , 80.Xr ypcat 1 , 81.Xr ypmatch 1 , 82.Xr yp 4 , 83.Xr ypbind 8 84.Sh AUTHOR 85Theo De Raadt 86