1.\" Copyright (c) 1997 2.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. 15.\" 4. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD 23.\" BE 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 29.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8,v 1.17 2006/06/08 14:49:38 maxim Exp $ 32.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/ypserv/ypinit.8,v 1.3 2007/05/13 22:25:42 swildner Exp $ 33.\" 34.Dd November 10, 1997 35.Dt YPINIT 8 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm ypinit 39.Nd build and install NIS databases 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Nm 42.Fl m 43.Op Ar domainname 44.Nm 45.Fl s 46.Ar master_server 47.Op Ar domainname 48.Nm 49.Fl u 50.Op Ar domainname 51.Sh DESCRIPTION 52The 53.Nm 54utility is a script which sets up databases on a Network Information Service 55(NIS) 56master or slave server. 57.Pp 58On a master server, 59.Nm 60creates the 61.Pa /var/yp/$DOMAINNAME 62directory, the 63.Pa /var/yp/ypservers 64file, and calls 65.Pa /var/yp/Makefile 66to create and populate an initial set of NIS maps. 67The maps are 68created from local source files using the 69.Xr yp_mkdb 8 70utility. 71The utility will prompt the user for a list of servers 72that support the specified domain; this list is used to populate 73the ypservers map. 74.Pp 75On a slave server, 76.Nm 77creates the 78.Pa /var/yp/$DOMAINNAME , 79populates it with copies of the NIS maps from the master. 80The maps 81are obtained from the master using the 82.Xr ypxfr 8 83utility. 84The 85.Nm 86utility obtains the list of maps to transfer in one of two ways: if 87the system is configured as an NIS client and is bound to the master 88server, 89.Nm 90is able to use the 91.Xr ypwhich 1 92utility to obtain a list of maps exported by the master server. 93If the system is not configured as a client of the NIS master, 94.Nm 95uses a hardcoded list of maps, some of which may or may not actually 96exist on the master. 97The system administrator can edit the 98.Nm 99script and 100modify the map list if necessary. 101Otherwise, individual maps can 102be transferred manually from the master using 103.Xr ypxfr 8 . 104.Sh OPTIONS 105The 106.Nm 107utility supports the following options: 108.Bl -tag -width indent 109.It Fl m Op Ar domainname 110Set up a master server. 111By default, 112.Nm 113sets up a server for 114the system default domain. 115The user can override this default by specifying 116.Ar domainname 117explicitly. 118Maps are constructed from scratch using local files as templates using 119the 120.Xr yp_mkdb 8 121utility. 122.It Fl s Ar master_server Op Ar domainname 123Set up a slave server using 124.Ar master_name 125as the master. 126Maps are copied from 127.Ar master_server 128to the slave using 129.Xr ypxfr 8 . 130By default, 131.Nm 132sets up a server for 133the system default domain. 134The user can override this default by specifying 135.Ar domainname 136explicitly. 137.It Fl u Op Ar domainname 138Update the ypservers map on the master server. 139When a new slave 140server is added to a domain, its hostname must be added to the 141ypservers map so that 142.Xr yppush 8 143can propagate updates on the master to all of the slaves. 144.El 145.Sh FILES 146.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/master.passwd -compact 147.It Pa /etc/bootparams 148Bootparams source file 149.It Pa /etc/ethers 150Ethers data source file 151.It Pa /etc/group 152Group source file 153.It Pa /etc/hosts 154Hostname/IP address source file 155.It Pa /etc/netid 156RPC netid source file 157.It Pa /etc/networks 158Networks source file 159.It Pa /etc/protocols 160Protocols source file 161.It Pa /etc/publickey 162RPC public key/secret key source file 163.It Pa /etc/services 164Services data source file 165.It Pa /etc/shells 166Shells source file 167.It Pa /var/yp/master.passwd 168Passwd database source file 169.It Pa /var/yp/netgroup 170Netgroup data source file 171.It Pa /var/yp/ypservers 172Ypservers source file (generated by 173.Nm ) 174.El 175.Sh SEE ALSO 176.Xr mknetid 8 , 177.Xr revnetgroup 8 , 178.Xr yp 8 , 179.Xr yp_mkdb 8 , 180.Xr yppush 8 , 181.Xr ypserv 8 , 182.Xr ypxfr 8 183.Sh HISTORY 184This version of 185.Nm 186is based on the 187.Nm 188script in 189.Ox . 190It first appeared in 191.Fx 3.0 . 192.Sh AUTHORS 193.An -nosplit 194The original script was written by 195.An Mats O Jansson Aq moj@stacken.kth.se . 196It was modified for 197.Fx 198by 199.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu . 200