1.\" $OpenBSD: ypset.8,v 1.10 2014/09/08 01:27:56 schwarze Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: ypset.8,v 1.2 1996/02/28 01:25:08 thorpej Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 8.\" by Jason R. Thorpe. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 20.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 21.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 22.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 23.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 24.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 25.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 26.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 27.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 28.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 29.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd $Mdocdate: September 8 2014 $ 32.Dt YPSET 8 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm ypset 36.Nd tell 37.Xr ypbind 8 38which YP server process to use 39.Sh SYNOPSIS 40.Nm ypset 41.Op Fl d Ar domain 42.Op Fl h Ar host 43.Ar server 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45.Nm 46tells the 47.Xr ypbind 8 48process on the current machine which YP server process to communicate with. 49If 50.Ar server 51is down or is not running a YP server process, it is not discovered until 52a YP client process attempts to access a YP map, at which time 53.Xr ypbind 8 54tests the binding and takes appropriate action. 55.Pp 56.Nm 57is most useful for binding a YP client that is not on the same broadcast 58network as the closest YP server, but can also be used for debugging 59a local network's YP configuration, testing specific YP client 60programs, or binding to a specific server when there are many servers on 61the local network supplying YP maps. 62.Pp 63The options are as follows: 64.Bl -tag -width Ds 65.It Fl d Ar domain 66Use the YP domain 67.Ar domain 68instead of the default domain as returned by 69.Xr domainname 1 . 70.It Fl h Ar host 71Set the YP binding on 72.Ar host 73instead of the local machine. 74.El 75.Sh SEE ALSO 76.Xr domainname 1 , 77.Xr ypcat 1 , 78.Xr ypmatch 1 , 79.Xr ypwhich 1 , 80.Xr yp 8 , 81.Xr ypbind 8 , 82.Xr yppoll 8 83.Sh AUTHORS 84.An Theo de Raadt 85