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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man8/yp.8 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/yp.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/yp.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7590e142 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/yp.8 @@ -0,0 +1,230 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: yp.8,v 1.34 2022/09/27 13:30:36 kn Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: yp.8,v 1.9 1995/08/11 01:16:52 thorpej Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1996 Theo de Raadt <deraadt@theos.com> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY +.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 27 2022 $ +.Dt YP 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm yp +.Nd description of the YP subsystem +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm ypinit +.Fl m Op Ar domainname +.Nm ypinit +.Fl s Ar master_server Op Ar domainname +.Nm ypinit +.Fl u Op Ar domainname +.Pp +.Nm ypbind +.Op Fl insecure +.Op Fl ypset +.Op Fl ypsetme +.Pp +.Nm ypset +.Op Fl d Ar domain +.Op Fl h Ar host +.Ar server +.Pp +.Nm yppoll +.Op Fl d Ar domain +.Op Fl h Ar host +.Ar mapname +.Pp +.Nm ypcat +.Op Fl kt +.Op Fl d Ar domainname +.Ar mapname +.Nm ypcat +.Fl x +.Pp +.Nm ypmatch +.Op Fl kt +.Op Fl d Ar domainname +.Ar key ... mapname +.Nm ypmatch +.Fl x +.Pp +.Nm ypwhich +.Op Fl t +.Op Fl d Ar domain +.Oo +.Op Fl h +.Ar host +.Oc +.Nm ypwhich +.Op Fl t +.Op Fl d Ar domain +.Op Fl h Ar host +.Fl m Op Ar mname +.Nm ypwhich +.Fl x +.Pp +.Nm ypserv +.Op Fl 1dx +.Op Fl a Ar aclfile +.Pp +.Nm ypxfr +.Op Fl cf +.Op Fl C Ar tid prog ipadd port +.Op Fl d Ar domain +.Op Fl h Ar host +.Op Fl s Ar domain +.Ar mapname +.Pp +.Nm yppush +.Op Fl v +.Op Fl d Ar domainname +.Op Fl h Ar hostname +.\" .Op Fl p Ar paralleljobs +.\" .Op Fl t Ar timeout +.Ar mapname +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm YP +subsystem allows network management of passwd, group, and +hosts file entries through the functions +.Xr getpwent 3 , +.Xr getgrent 3 +and +.Xr gethostbyname 3 . +A number of other databases can be network-managed as well, +and have their respective functions. +.Nm YP +also provides hooks for numerous other client programs +such as +.Xr amd 8 +and +.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 +to access distributed and shareable versions +of their maps through +.Nm YP . +The YP subsystem requires that +.Xr portmap 8 +be running, since the entire subsystem uses the RPC subsystem. +.Pp +.Nm ypinit +is used to initialize +.Nm YP +as a master or a slave. +This creates various files in +.Pa /var/yp . +After running +.Nm ypinit Fl m , +optionally edit +.Pa /var/yp/DOMAINNAME/Makefile +to change settings, for example to switch from the default +backwards compatible mode to secure mode. +Finally, always run +.Xr make 1 +in +.Pa /var/yp . +See +.Xr Makefile.yp 8 +for details. +.Pp +If set up as a slave, the required databases are automatically copied +from the specified server. +.Pp +The +.Nm YP +client subsystem is started automatically in +.Pa /etc/rc +if the directory +.Pa /var/yp/binding +exists. +The client subsystem can be turned on and off by creating or +deleting that directory. +.Xr ypbind 8 +will create that directory if run by hand. +.Pp +The +.Nm YP +server subsystem is started automatically in +.Pa /etc/rc +if the directory +.Pa /var/yp/DOMAINNAME +exists. +This directory is automatically created by +.Xr ypinit 8 +(which initializes the machine as a +.Nm YP +server). +.Pp +If +.Nm ypbind +cannot find a server, the system behaves the same way as Sun's code +does: it hangs. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/Makefile.main -compact +.It Pa /var/yp/Makefile.main +Top level YP Makefile +.It Pa /var/yp/Makefile.yp +YP maps Makefile +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr domainname 1 , +.Xr ypcat 1 , +.Xr ypmatch 1 , +.Xr ypwhich 1 , +.Xr yp_bind 3 , +.Xr defaultdomain 5 , +.Xr group 5 , +.Xr passwd 5 , +.Xr resolv.conf 5 , +.Xr Makefile.yp 8 , +.Xr portmap 8 , +.Xr ypbind 8 , +.Xr ypinit 8 , +.Xr yppoll 8 , +.Xr yppush 8 , +.Xr ypserv 8 , +.Xr ypset 8 , +.Xr ypxfr 8 +.Sh HISTORY +This free +.Nm YP +subsystem is thought to be compatible with Sun's implementation. +It is, of course, not compatible with +.Nm NIS+ +or any other +.Dq secure +.Nm YP +subsystem other than the native one. +.Pp +The name +.Nm YP +stands for Yellow Pee. +.Pp +The ypbind, most library components, and userland programs were implemented +by +.An Theo de Raadt Aq Mt deraadt@theos.com . +The current +.Xr getpwent 3 +implementation was done by +.An Jason Downs Aq Mt downsj@downsj.com . +The server component was implemented by +.An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt moj@stacken.kth.se . |
