ypserv linux command

ypserv

ypserv [options]

NFS/NIS command. NIS server process. ypserv is a daemon process typically activated at system startup time. It runs only on NIS server machines with a complete NIS database. Its primary function is to look up information in its local database of NIS maps. The operations performed by ypserv are defined for the implementor by the NIS protocol specification and for the programmer by the header file <rpcvc/yp_prot.h>. Communication to and from ypserv is by means of RPC calls.

Options

-d

NIS service should go to the DNS for more host information.

-localonly

Indicates ypserv should not respond to outside requests.

Files and directories

/var/yp/[domainname]/

Location of NIS databases.

/var/yp/Makefile

Makefile that is responsible for creating NIS databases.