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.TH yp.conf 5 "February 2004" "ypbind-mt Version 1.20.1"
.SH NAME
/etc/yp.conf - NIS binding configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION
The file
.B /etc/yp.conf
is read from
.BR ypbind (8)
at startup or when receiving signal SIGHUP.
The entries are used for the initial binding.
Valid entries are

.B domain
.I nisdomain
.B server
.I hostname
.RS
Use server
.I hostname
for the domain
.IR nisdomain .
You could have more then one entry of this type for a single domain.
.RE

.B domain
.I nisdomain
.B broadcast
.RS
Use broadcast on the local net for domain
.IR nisdomain .
.RE

.B domain
.I nisdomain
.B slp
.RS
Query the local running SLP server for hosts running ypserv
and distributing
.IR nisdomain .
This option is only available, if
.B ypbind
was compiled with SLP support.
.RE

.B ypserver
.I hostname
.RS
Use server
.I hostname
for the local domain.
.RE

.B broadcast
.RS
If no other server is given or all of them are not reachable,
try a broadcast call for the default domain to find a server.
.RE

If for a specific domain the broadcast option and fixed server are given,
.BR ypbind-mt
tries at first the given servers before falling back to broadcasting
for a running server.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ypbind (8)
.SH AUTHOR
.B ypbind-mt
was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.