Manual page for ypfiles(4)
ypfiles - Network Information Service Version 2, formerly knows as YP
DESCRIPTION
The
NIS
network information service uses a distributed,
replicated database of
dbm
files (in ASCII
form) contained in the
/var/yp
directory hierarchy on each
NIS
server. NIS has been
replaced by NIS+,
the new version of the Network
Information Service. See
nis+.1
This release only supports the client functionality of NIS, (see
ypclnt.3n
The client functions are either supported by the
ypserv
process running on a machine with an earlier version of SunOS or
by the NIS+ server in "YP-compatibility" mode, (see
rpc.nisd.1m
A
dbm
database served by the
NIS
server is called an
NIS
map.
An
NIS
domain
is a subdirectory of
/var/yp
containing a set of
NIS
maps on each
NIS
server.
FILES
- /var/yp/nicknames
-
nicknames file
SEE ALSO
nis+.1
nisaddent.1m
nissetup.1m
rpc.nisd.1m
ypbind.1m
ypinit.1m
dbm.3b
secure_rpc.3n
ypclnt.3n
NOTES
The NIS+ server,
rpc.nisd,
when run in "YP-compatibility mode", can support
NIS clients only for the standard NIS maps listed below, provided that it
has been set up to serve the corresponding NIS+ tables using
nissetup.1m
and
nisaddent.1m
The NIS+ server should serve the directory with the same
name (case sensitive) as the domainname of the NIS client.
NIS+ servers use secure RPC to verify
client credentials but the NIS clients do not authenticate their
requests using secure RPC.
Therefore, NIS clients can look up the information stored by
the NIS+ server only if the information has "read" access for
an unauthenticated client (i.e. one with "nobody" NIS+ credentials).
-
- NIS maps
-
NIS+ tables
- passwd.byname
-
passwd.org_dir
- passwd.byuid
-
passwd.org_dir
- group.byname
-
group.org_dir
- group.bygid
-
group.org_dir
- publickey.byname
-
cred.org_dir
- hosts.byaddr
-
hosts.org_dir
- hosts.byname
-
hosts.org_dir
- mail.byaddr
-
mail_aliases.org_dir
- mail.aliases
-
mail_aliases.org_dir
- services.byname
-
services.org_dir
- services.byservicename
-
services.org_dir
- rpc.bynumber
-
rpc.org_dir
- rpc.byname
-
rpc.org_dir
- protocols.bynumber
-
protocols.org_dir
- protocols.byname
-
protocols.org_dir
- networks.byaddr
-
networks.org_dir
- networks.byname
-
networks.org_dir
- netmasks.bymask
-
netmasks.org_dir
- netmasks.byaddr
-
netmasks.org_dir
- ethers.byname
-
ethers.org_dir
- ethers.byaddr
-
ethers.byname
- bootparams
-
bootparams
- auto.master
-
auto_master.org_dir
- auto.home
-
auto_home.org_dir
- auto.direct
-
auto_direct.org_dir
- auto.src
-
auto_src.org_dir
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
