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+.\" $NetBSD: ypinit.8,v 1.19 2018/09/25 09:53:40 wiz Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by Curt J. Sampson.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.Dd February 26, 2005
+.Dt YPINIT 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ypinit
+.Nd initialize NIS subsystem
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Fl c
+.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
+.Op Ar domainname
+.Nm
+.Fl m
+.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
+.Op Ar domainname
+.Nm
+.Fl s
+.Ar master_server
+.Op Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
+.Op Ar domainname
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+initializes the files and directories that are required for a
+.Tn NIS
+client or server.
+.Pp
+If
+.Ar domainname
+isn't specified, the default domain (as returned by
+.Xr domainname 1 )
+is used.
+.Pp
+The following options are available:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl c
+Create a
+.Tn NIS
+client.
+Initializes
+.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
+to contain a list of ypservers for
+.Xr ypbind 8
+to connect to.
+.It Fl l Ar server1,...,serverN
+Set the list of client servers from the command line rather than
+prompting for them interactively.
+The format is a comma separated list
+of server names with no spaces.
+.It Fl m
+Create a master
+.Tn NIS
+server.
+Generates map data from local files
+.Pa ( /etc/master.passwd ,
+.Pa /etc/group ,
+etc.).
+.It Fl s Ar master_server
+Create a slave server.
+Downloads the maps from
+.Ar master_server ,
+which should be the active master
+.Tn NIS
+server.
+.El
+.Pp
+To rebuild or refresh the maps for the
+.Tn NIS
+domain <domain>, change to the
+.Pa /var/yp/<domain>
+directory and run
+.Ic make .
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/ypserv.log -compact
+.It Pa /var/yp
+master
+.Tn NIS
+directory; contains the template makefiles.
+.It Pa /var/yp/<domain>
+directory to store
+.Tn NIS
+maps for <domain>.
+.It Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
+list of
+.Tn NIS
+servers to bind to.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr domainname 1 ,
+.Xr make 1 ,
+.Xr makedbm 8 ,
+.Xr mknetid 8 ,
+.Xr nis 8 ,
+.Xr stdethers 8 ,
+.Xr stdhosts 8 ,
+.Xr ypbind 8 ,
+.Xr yppush 8 ,
+.Xr ypserv 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+Originally written by
+.An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt moj@stacken.kth.se .
+Modified by
+.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq Mt thorpej@NetBSD.org .