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.TH "YPINIT" "8" "12/31/2020" "NIS Reference Manual" "NIS Reference Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
ypinit \- NIS database install and build program
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fB/usr/lib/yp/ypinit\fR\ 'u
\fB/usr/lib/yp/ypinit\fR [\-m] [\-s\ \fImaster_name\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBypinit\fR
builds the domain subdirectory of
/var/yp
for the current default domain\&. After building the domain subdirectory,
\fBypinit\fR
builds a complete set of administrative maps for your system and places them in this directory\&. The first map created by
\fBypinit \-m\fR
is the ypservers map\&. You should run it as root on the hosts, which should be the master ypserver\&.You should have only one master server per NIS domain\&.
.PP
All databases are built from scratch, either from information available to the program at runtime, or from the
ASCII
data base files in
/etc\&. These files are listed below under
FILES\&.
.PP
An
NIS
database on a slave server is set up by copying an existing database from a running server\&. The
\fBmaster_name\fR
argument should be the hostname of an
NIS
server (either the master server for all the maps, or a server on which the data base is up\-to\-date and stable)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-m\fR
.RS 4
If the local host is the
NIS
master\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR
.RS 4
Set up a slave server with the database from
\fImaster_name\fR
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/hosts, /etc/networks, /etc/services, /etc/protocols, /etc/netgroup, /etc/rpc
.RS 4
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBmakedbm\fR(8),
\fBrevnetgroup\fR(8),
\fByppush\fR(8),
\fBypserv\fR(8),
\fBypxfr\fR(8)
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
There is no good error handling at the moment\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux\-nis\&.org>