ypset (8)
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NAME
ypset - bind ypbind to a particular NIS serverSYNOPSYS
ypset [ -d domain ] [ -h hostname ] server
DESCRIPTION
In order to run ypset, ypbind must be initiated with the -ypset or -ypsetme options. See ypbind(8). ypset tells ypbind to get NIS services for the specified domain from the ypserv(8) process running on server.In cases where several hosts on the local net are supplying NIS services, it is possible for ypbind to rebind to another host even while you attempt to find out if the ypset operation succeeded. For example, you can type:
- example% ypset host1
- example% ypwhich
- host2
which can be confusing. This is a function of the NIS subsystem's
attempt to know always a running NIS server, and occurs when host1
does not respond to ypbind because it is not running ypserv (or is
overloaded), and host2, running ypserv, gets the binding.
Server
indicates the NIS server to bind to, and must be specified as a name
or an IP address. This will work only if the node has a current valid
binding for the domain in question, and
ypbind
has been set to allow use of
ypset.
In most cases,
server
should be specified as an IP address.
OPTIONS
- -d domain
- Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(1).
- -h hostname
-
Set the NIS binding on host
hostname
instead of the local machine.
SEE ALSO
domainname(8), ypbind(8), ypcat(8), ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), yppoll(8), ypwhich(1)