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Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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.Sh AUTHOR -> .Sh AUTHORS. Use .An/.Aq.
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.\" $Id: yppush.8,v 1.7 1997/11/03 07:53:41 charnier Exp $
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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.\"
.Dd February 5, 1995
.Dt YPPUSH 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm yppush
.Nd "force propagation of updated NIS databases"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm yppush
.Op Fl d Ar domain
.Op Fl t Ar timeout
.Op Fl j Ar #parallel jobs
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl p Ar path
.Op Fl v
.Ar mapname
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm Yppush
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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distributes updated NIS databases (or
.Pa maps )
from an NIS master server to NIS slave servers within an NIS
domain. It is normally only run on the NIS master by
.Pa /var/yp/Makefile
whenever any of the NIS maps are updated. Note that
.Pa /var/yp/Makefile
does not invoke
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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by default: the
.Nm NOPUSH=True
entry in the Makefile must first be commented out
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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(the default
.Bx Free
configuration assumes a small network with only
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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a single NIS server; in such a configuration,
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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is not needed).
.Pp
By default,
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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determines the names of the slave servers for a domain by searching the
.Pa ypservers
map. A destination host (or a list of hosts) can also be manually
specified on the command line.
Once it has a complete list of slave servers, it sends a 'map transfer'
request to each slave, which in turn reads a copy of the map from
the master NIS server using
.Xr ypxfr 8 .
Included within each request is the name of the map to be copied
and some special information required by
.Xr ypxfr 8
to successfully 'callback' to
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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and carry out the transfer. Any error messages
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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receives from
.Xr ypxfr 8
via callback will be printed to stderr.
.Pp
.Sh OPTIONS
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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.It Fl d Ar domain
Specify a particular domain. The NIS domain of
the local host system is used by default. If the local host's domain
name is not set, the domain name must be specified with this flag.
.It Fl t Ar timeout
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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Specify a timeout value in seconds. This timeout
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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controls how long
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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will wait for a response from a slave server before sending a
map transfer request to the next slave server in its list.
.It Fl j Ar #parallel jobs
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm Yppush
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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normally performs transfers serially, meaning that it will
send a map transfer request to one slave server and then wait for
it to respond before moving on to the next slave server. In environments
with many slaves, it is more efficient to initiate several map transfers
at once so that the transfers can take place in parallel. The
.Fl j
flag is used to specify the desired number of parallel jobs:
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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will initiate the specified number of transfers immediately and
listen for responses. If the number of specified parallel jobs is
less than the number of slave servers,
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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will initiate only the number of specified jobs and then wait
for some of them to finish before starting any more.
.Pp
Note that
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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handles callbacks asynchronously, which means that it will collect
and display the callback information received from
.Xr ypxfr 8
as soon as it arrives, even it arrives before all of the map
transfer requests have been sent.
.It Fl h Ar host
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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Can be used to transfer a map to a user-specified machine or
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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group of machines instead of the list of servers contained in
the
.Pa ypservers
map. A list of hosts can be specified by using multiple
instances of the
.Fl h
flag.
.It Fl p Ar path
By default,
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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expects all the local NIS maps to be stored under
.Pa /var/yp .
The
.Fl p
flag can be used to specify an alternate path in the event that
the system administrator decides to store the NIS maps somewhere else.
.It Fl v
Verbose mode: causes
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
yppush_main.c: - Remove unused 'pid' member from the jobs structure. (This was left over from an earlier incarnation of the program that used multiple processes.) - Remove #ifdef'ed longjmp() stuff. - Print warning message if the 'pushing' host is not the master for a map being pushed but don't bail out. (While yppush should only be used on an NIS master, using it elsewhere is not an unpardonable sin.) yppush.8: - Fix a couple of mind-os. Makefile - Change format to hopefully ease bootstrapping. (Suggested by wollman.) Other Makefiles should follow.
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to print debugging messages as it runs. Specifying this flag twice
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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makes
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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even more verbose.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
.It Pa /var/yp/[domainname]/ypservers
The NIS ypservers map containing the names of all servers in
a particular NIS domain.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
Correct a bunch of man page cross references and generally try and silence "manck". ncurses, rpc, and some of the gnu stuff are still a big mess, however.
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.Xr yp 4 ,
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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.Xr ypserv 8 ,
Correct a bunch of man page cross references and generally try and silence "manck". ncurses, rpc, and some of the gnu stuff are still a big mess, however.
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.Xr ypxfr 8
Import the new yppush. This program does what the old one did, PLUS: - Supports parallel jobs (like the SunOS yppush) - Does everything in one proces instead of fork()ing off children processes as callback listeners (this is done using async socket I/O). - Can be used to transmit maps to user-specified hosts. - Has a much more verbose verbose option. - Reuses existing code from ypserv and ypxfr. - Uses some rpcgen-erated code as well. - Isn't fattening. :) Note that this is going in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin like the old one. yppush is an administrative command it it's anything.
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.Sh BUGS
Fix a bunch of spelling errors in a bunch of man pages.
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The mechanism for transferring NIS maps in NIS v1 is different
yppush_main.c: - Remove unused 'pid' member from the jobs structure. (This was left over from an earlier incarnation of the program that used multiple processes.) - Remove #ifdef'ed longjmp() stuff. - Print warning message if the 'pushing' host is not the master for a map being pushed but don't bail out. (While yppush should only be used on an NIS master, using it elsewhere is not an unpardonable sin.) yppush.8: - Fix a couple of mind-os. Makefile - Change format to hopefully ease bootstrapping. (Suggested by wollman.) Other Makefiles should follow.
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than that in NIS version 2. This version of
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.Nm
Fix a bunch of spelling errors in a bunch of man pages.
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has support for transferring maps to NIS v2 systems only.
.Sh AUTHOR -> .Sh AUTHORS. Use .An/.Aq.
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.Sh AUTHORS
Cosmetics in yp_error() and usage().
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.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu
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