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.TH "YPHELPER" "8" "12/31/2020" "NIS Reference Manual" "NIS Reference Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
yphelper \- helper application for internal use
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fByphelper\fR
is a internal helper application for ypserv and should not be used by the normal user or system administrator\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-d \fR\fIdomainname\fR
.RS 4
Use
\fIdomainname\fR
as default domain\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
Print the canonical hostname\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-i \fR\fImap\fR
.RS 4
Return \*(Aq0\*(Aq if we are the NIS master of
\fImap\fR
or \*(Aq1\*(Aq if not\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-m \fR\fImaster\fR
.RS 4
Print the name of all NIS maps where
\fImaster\fR
is the NIS master server\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p \fR\fIpasswd\fR\fIshadow\fR
.RS 4
Merge the
\fIpasswd\fR
and
\fIshadow\fR
files\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-g \fR\fIgroup\fR\fIgshadow\fR
.RS 4
Merge the
\fIgroup\fR
and
\fIgshadow\fR
files\&.
.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fByphelper\fR
was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux\-nis\&.org>\&.