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.TH "MAKEDBM" "8" "12/31/2020" "NIS Reference Manual" "NIS Reference Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
makedbm \- create or dump a ypserv database file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR\ 'u
\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR [\-a | \-r] [\-b] [\-c] [\-s] [\-l] [\-i\ \fIYP_INPUT_NAME\fR] [\-o\ \fIYP_OUTPUT_NAME\fR] [\-m\ \fIYP_MASTER_NAME\fR] \fIinputfile\fR \fIdbname\fR
.HP \w'\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR\ 'u
\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR \-u\ \fIdbname\fR
.HP \w'\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR\ 'u
\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR \-c
.HP \w'\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR\ 'u
\fB/usr/lib/yp/makedbm\fR \-\-version
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBmakedbm\fR
takes the inputfile and converts it to a ypserv database file\&. In the moment, GDBM is used as database\&. Each line of the input file is converted to a single record\&. All characters up to the first TAB or SPACE are the key, and the rest of the line is the data\&.
\fBmakedbm\fR
does not treat `#\*(Aq as a special character\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-a\fR
.RS 4
Special support for mail aliases\&. We couldn\*(Aqt use sendmail for it, since sendmail uses db, but ypserv gdbm as database format\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-b\fR
.RS 4
Insert the
\fBYP_INTERDOMAIN\fR
into the output\&. This key causes
\fBypserv\fR(8)
to use
\fBDNS\fR
for host name and address lookups for hosts not found in the maps\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR
.RS 4
send a
\fBYPPROC_CLEAR\fR
to the local
\fBypserv\fR(8)\&. This causes ypserv to invalidate all cached entries\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR
.RS 4
Convert the keys of the given map to lower case\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-i\fR\fI YP_INPUT_NAME\fR
.RS 4
Create a special entry with the key
\fBYP_INPUT_NAME\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-m\fR\fI YP_MASTER_NAME\fR
.RS 4
Create a special entry with the key
\fBYP_MASTER_NAME\fR\&. If no master host name is specified,
\fBYP_MASTER_NAME\fR
will be set to the local host name\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o\fR\fI YP_OUTPUT_NAME\fR
.RS 4
Create a special entry with the key
\fBYP_OUTPUT_NAME\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR
.RS 4
Handle `#\*(Aq as comment sign and remove the comment\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR
.RS 4
Secure map\&. Accept connections from secure
\fBNIS\fR
networks only (reserved ports)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR\fI dbname\fR
.RS 4
Dump a ypserv database file\&. Prints out the file in text format, one entry per line, with a single space separating keys from values\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-no\-limit\-check\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt check for NIS key and data limit\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBypserv\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBmakedbm\fR
was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux\-nis\&.org>\&.