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.TH MAKEDBM 8 "August 2001" "YP Server"
.SH NAME
makedbm - create or dump a ypserv database file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B
/usr/lib/yp/makedbm
[
.B \-a
|
.B \-r
]
[
.B \-b
] [
.B \-c
] [
.B \-s
] [
.B \-l
] [
.BI \-i " YP_INPUT_NAME"
] [
.BI \-o " YP_OUTPUT_NAME"
] [
.BI \-m " YP_MASTER_NAME"
]
.I inputfile
.I dbname
.br
.B
/usr/lib/yp/makedbm
.BI \-u " dbname"
.br
.B
/usr/lib/yp/makedbm
.B \-c
.br
.B
/usr/lib/yp/makedbm
.B \--version
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B makedbm
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.
.B makedbm
does not treat `#' as a special character.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a
Special support for mail aliases. We couldn't use sendmail for it, since
sendmail uses db, but ypserv gdbm as database format.
.TP
.B \-b
Insert the
.B YP_INTERDOMAIN
into the output.  This key causes
.BR ypserv (8)
to use
.B DNS
for host name and address lookups for hosts not found in the maps.
.TP
.B \-c
send a
.B YPPROC_CLEAR
to the local
.BR ypserv (8).
This causes ypserv to invalidate all cached entries.
.TP
.B \-l
Convert the keys of the given map to lower case.
.TP
.BI \-i " YP_INPUT_NAME"
Create a special entry with the key
.BR YP_INPUT_NAME .
.TP
.BI \-m " YP_MASTER_NAME"
Create a special entry with the key
.BR YP_MASTER_NAME .
If no master host name is specified,
.B YP_MASTER_NAME
will be set to the local host name.
.TP
.BI \-o " YP_OUTPUT_NAME"
Create a special entry with the key
.BR YP_OUTPUT_NAME .
.TP
.B \-r
Handle `#' as comment sign and remove the comment.
.TP
.B \-s
Secure map. Accept connections from secure
.B NIS
networks only (reserved ports).
.TP
.BI \-u " dbname"
Dump a ypserv database file. Prints out the file in text format, one entry
per line, with a single space separating keys from values.
.TP
.BI \-\-no-limit-check
Don't check for NIS key and data limit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ypserv (8)
.SH AUTHOR
.B makedbm
was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.