System Administration Commands                         ypinit(1M)

NAME
     ypinit - set up NIS client

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/ypinit [-c] [-m] [-s master_server]

DESCRIPTION
     ypinit can be used to set up an   NIS  client  system.   You
     must  be the superuser to run this command. This script need
     not be used at all if ypbind(1M) is started with the -broad-
     cast  option  (it  is  invoked  with  this  option  from the
     svc:/network/nis/client:default service).

     Normally,  ypinit is run only once after installing the sys-
     tem. It may be run whenever a new NIS server is added to the
     network or an existing one is decommissioned.

     ypinit prompts for a list of NIS servers to bind the  client
     to;  this  list  should  be  ordered from the closest to the
     furthest server. Each of these NIS servers must be listed in
     either  the  /etc/hosts  or the /etc/inet/ipnodes file along
     with  its  IP  address.  ypinit  stores  the  list  in  file
     /var/yp/binding/domain/ypservers.   This  file  is  used  by
     ypbind when run without the  -broadcast option.

OPTIONS
     -c                      Set up a ypclient system.



     -m                      Build a master ypserver data base.



     -s master_server        Slave data base. master_server  must
                             be the same master configured in the
                             YP maps and returned by the  ypwhich
                             -m command.



FILES
     /etc/hosts


     /etc/inet/ipnodes



     /var/yp/binding/domain/ypservers



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWnisu                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     svcs(1),  svcadm(1M),  ypbind(1M),   sysinfo(2),   hosts(4),
     ipnodes(4), attributes(5), smf(5)

NOTES
     The NIS client service is managed by the service  management
     facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

     svc:/network/nis/client:default

     Administrative actions on this service,  such  as  enabling,
     disabling,  or  requesting  restart,  can be performed using
     svcadm(1M). The service's status can be  queried  using  the
     svcs(1) command.

BUGS
     ypinit sets up the list of NIS servers only for the  current
     domain  on  the  system  when it is run, that is, the domain
     returned by the SI_SRPC_DOMAIN command to  sysinfo(2).  Care
     should  be  taken  to  ensure  that  this is the same as the
     desired domain for NIS client processes.