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.\" Copyright (c) 1992/3 Theo de Raadt <deraadt@fsa.ca>
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)yp.8 1.0 (deraadt) 4/26/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 5, 1993
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.Dt YP 4
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm yp
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.Nd description of the YP/NIS system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm yp
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm YP
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subsystem allows network management of passwd, group, netgroup, hosts,
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services, rpc, bootparams and ethers file
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entries through the functions
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.Xr getpwent 3 ,
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.Xr getgrent 3 ,
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.Xr getnetgrent 3 ,
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.Xr gethostent 3 ,
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.Xr getnetent 3 ,
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.Xr getrpcent 3 ,
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and
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.Xr ethers 3 .
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The
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.Xr bootparamd 8
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daemon makes direct
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.Tn NIS
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library calls since there are no
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functions in the standard C library for reading bootparams.
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.Tn NIS
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support for the hosts, services and rpc databases is enabled by
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uncommenting the
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.Em nis
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line in
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.Pa /etc/host.conf .
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.Tn NIS
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support for the remaining services is
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activated by adding a special '+' entry to the appropriate file.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm YP
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subsystem is started automatically in
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.Pa /etc/rc
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if it has been initialized in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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and if the directory
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.Pa /var/yp
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exists (which it does in the default distribution). The default
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.Tn NIS
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domain must also be set with the
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.Xr domainname 1
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command, which will happen automatically at system startup if it is
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specified in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
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.Pp
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.Tn NIS
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is an
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.Tn RPC Ns -based
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client/server system that allows a group of
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machines within an
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.Tn NIS
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domain to share a common set of configuration files.
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This permits a system
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administrator to set up
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.Tn NIS
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client systems with only minimal configuration
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data and add, remove or modify configuration data from a single location.
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.Pp
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The canonical copies of all
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.Tn NIS
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information are stored on a single machine
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called the
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.Em Tn NIS master server .
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The databases used to store the information are called
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.Em Tn NIS maps .
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In
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.Bx Free ,
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these maps are stored in
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.Pa /var/yp/[domainname]
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where
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.Pa [domainname]
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is the name of the
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.Tn NIS
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domain being served.
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A single
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.Tn NIS
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server can
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support several domains at once, therefore it is possible to have several
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such directories, one for each supported domain.
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Each domain will have
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its own independent set of maps.
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.Pp
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In
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.Bx Free ,
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the
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.Tn NIS
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maps are Berkeley DB hashed database files (the
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same format used for the
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.Xr passwd 5
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database files). Other operating systems that support
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.Tn NIS
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use old-style
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ndbm databases instead (largely because Sun Microsystems originally based
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their
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.Tn NIS
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implementation on ndbm, and other vendors have simply licensed
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Sun's code rather than design their own implementation with a different
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database format). On these systems, the databases are generally split
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into
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.Em .dir
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and
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.Em .pag
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files which the ndbm code uses to hold separate parts of the hash
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database.
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The Berkeley DB hash method instead uses a single file for
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both pieces of information.
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This means that while you may have
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.Pa passwd.byname.dir
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and
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.Pa passwd.byname.pag
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files on other operating systems (both of which are really parts of the
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same map),
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.Bx Free
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will have only one file called
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.Pa passwd.byname .
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The difference in format is not significant: only the
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.Tn NIS
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server,
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.Xr ypserv 8 ,
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and related tools need to know the database format of the
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.Tn NIS
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maps.
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Client
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.Tn NIS
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systems receive all
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.Tn NIS
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data in
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.Tn ASCII
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form.
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.Pp
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There are three main types of
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.Tn NIS
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systems:
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.Bl -enum -offset indent
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.It
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.Pa Tn NIS clients ,
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which query
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.Tn NIS
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servers for information.
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.It
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.Pa Tn NIS master servers ,
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which maintain the canonical copies of all
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.Tn NIS
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maps.
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.It
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.Pa Tn NIS slave servers ,
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which maintain backup copies of
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.Tn NIS
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maps that are periodically
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updated by the master.
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.El
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.Pp
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An
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.Tn NIS
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client establishes what is called a
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.Em binding
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to a particular
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.Tn NIS
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server using the
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.Xr ypbind 8
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daemon.
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.Xr Ypbind 8
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checks the system's default domain (as set by the
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.Xr domainname 1
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command) and begins broadcasting
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.Tn RPC
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requests on the local network.
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These requests specify the name of the domain for which
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.Xr ypbind 8
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is attempting to establish a binding.
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If a server that has been
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configured to serve the requested domain receives one of the broadcasts,
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it will respond to
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.Xr ypbind 8 ,
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which will record the server's address.
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If there are several servers
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available (a master and several slaves, for example),
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.Xr ypbind 8
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will use the address of the first one to respond.
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From that point
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on, the client system will direct all of its
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.Tn NIS
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requests to that server.
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.Xr Ypbind 8
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will occasionally ``ping'' the server to make sure it's still up
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and running.
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If it fails to receive a reply to one of its pings
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within a reasonable amount of time,
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.Xr ypbind 8
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will mark the domain as unbound and begin broadcasting again in the
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hopes of locating another server.
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.Pp
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.Tn NIS
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master and slave servers handle all
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.Tn NIS
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requests with the
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.Xr ypserv 8
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daemon.
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.Xr Ypserv 8
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is responsible for receiving incoming requests from
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.Tn NIS
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clients,
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translating the requested domain and map name to a path to the
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corresponding database file and transmitting data from the database
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back to the client.
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There is a specific set of requests that
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.Xr ypserv 8
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is designed to handle, most of which are implemented as functions
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within the standard C library:
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.Bl -bullet -offset indent
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.It
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.Fn yp_order
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-- check the creation date of a particular map
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.It
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.Fn yp_master
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-- obtain the name of the
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.Tn NIS
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master server for a given
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map/domain
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.It
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.Fn yp_match
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-- lookup the data corresponding to a given in key in a particular
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map/domain
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.It
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.Fn yp_first
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-- obtain the first key/data pair in a particular map/domain
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.It
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.Fn yp_next
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-- pass
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.Xr ypserv 8
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a key in a particular map/domain and have it return the
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key/data pair immediately following it (the functions
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.Fn yp_first
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and
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.Fn yp_next
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can be used to do a sequential search of an
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.Tn NIS
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map)
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.It
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.Fn yp_all
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-- retrieve the entire contents of a map
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.El
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.Pp
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There are a few other requests which
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.Xr ypserv 8
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is capable of handling (i.e. acknowledge whether or not you can handle
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a particular domain (YPPROC_DOMAIN), or acknowledge only if you can
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handle the domain and be silent otherwise (YPPROC_DOMAIN_NONACK)) but
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these requests are usually generated only by
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.Xr ypbind 8
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and are not meant to be used by standard utilities.
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.Pp
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On networks with a large number of hosts, it is often a good idea to
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use a master server and several slaves rather than just a single master
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server.
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A slave server provides the exact same information as a master
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server: whenever the maps on the master server are updated, the new
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data should be propagated to the slave systems using the
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.Xr yppush 8
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command.
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The
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.Tn NIS
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Makefile
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.Pf ( Pa /var/yp/Makefile )
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will do this automatically if the administrator comments out the
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line which says
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.Em NOPUSH=true
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(NOPUSH is set to true by default because the default configuration is
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for a small network with only one
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.Tn NIS
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server). The
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.Xr yppush 8
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command will initiate a transaction between the master and slave
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during which the slave will transfer the specified maps from the
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master server using
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.Xr ypxfr 8 .
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(The slave server calls
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.Xr ypxfr 8
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automatically from within
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.Xr ypserv 8 ;
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therefore it is not usually necessary for the administrator
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to use it directly.
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It can be run manually if
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desired, however.)
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Maintaining
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slave servers helps improve
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.Tn NIS
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performance on large
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networks by:
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.Pp
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.Bl -bullet -offset indent
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.It
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Providing backup services in the event that the
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.Tn NIS
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master crashes
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or becomes unreachable
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.It
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Spreading the client load out over several machines instead of
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causing the master to become overloaded
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.It
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Allowing a single
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.Tn NIS
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domain to extend beyond
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a local network (the
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.Xr ypbind 8
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daemon might not be able to locate a server automatically if it resides on
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a network outside the reach of its broadcasts.
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It is possible to force
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.Xr ypbind 8
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to bind to a particular server with
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.Xr ypset 8
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but this is sometimes inconvenient.
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This problem can be avoided simply by
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placing a slave server on the local network.)
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Bx Free
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.Xr ypserv 8
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is specially designed to provided enhanced security (compared to
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other
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.Tn NIS
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implementations) when used exclusively with
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.Bx Free
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client
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systems.
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The
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.Bx Free
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password database system (which is derived directly
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from
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.Bx 4.4 )
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includes support for
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.Em "shadow passwords" .
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The standard password database does not contain users' encrypted
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passwords: these are instead stored (along with other information)
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is a separate database which is accessible only by the super-user.
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If the encrypted password database were made available as an
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.Tn NIS
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map, this security feature would be totally disabled, since any user
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is allowed to retrieve
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.Tn NIS
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data.
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.Pp
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To help prevent this,
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.Bx Free Ns 's
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.Tn NIS
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server handles the shadow password maps
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.Pf ( Pa master.passwd.byname
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and
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.Pa master.passwd.byuid )
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in a special way: the server will only provide access to these
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maps in response to requests that originate on privileged ports.
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Since only the super-user is allowed to bind to a privileged port,
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the server assumes that all such requests come from privileged
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users.
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All other requests are denied: requests from non-privileged
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ports will receive only an error code from the server.
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Additionally,
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.Bx Free Ns 's
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.Xr ypserv 8
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includes support for Wietse Venema's tcp wrapper package; with tcp
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wrapper support enabled, the administrator can configure
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.Xr ypserv 8
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to respond only to selected client machines.
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.Pp
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While these enhancements provide better security than stock
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.Tn NIS Ns ,
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they are by no means 100% effective.
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It is still possible for
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someone with access to your network to spoof the server into disclosing
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the shadow password maps.
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.Pp
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On the client side,
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.Bx Free Ns 's
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.Fn getpwent 3
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functions will automatically search for the
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.Pa master.passwd
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maps and use them if they exist.
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If they do, they will be used, and
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all fields in these special maps (class, password age and account
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expiration) will be decoded.
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If they aren't found, the standard
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.Pa passwd
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maps will be used instead.
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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Some systems, such as SunOS 4.x, need
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.Tn NIS
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to be running in order
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for their hostname resolution functions (
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.Fn gethostbyname ,
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.Fn gethostbyaddr ,
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etc) to work properly.
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On these systems,
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.Xr ypserv 8
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performs
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.Tn DNS
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lookups when asked to return information about
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a host that doesn't exist in its
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.Pa hosts.byname
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or
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.Pa hosts.byaddr
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maps.
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.Bx Free Ns 's
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resolver uses
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.Tn DNS
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by default (it can be made to use
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.Tn NIS Ns ,
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if desired), therefore its
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.Tn NIS
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server doesn't do
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.Tn DNS
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lookups
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by default.
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However,
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.Xr ypserv 8
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can be made to perform
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.Tn DNS
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lookups if it is started with a special
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flag.
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It can also be made to register itself as an
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.Tn NIS
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v1 server
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in order to placate certain systems that insist on the presence of
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a v1 server
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.Pf ( Bx Free
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uses only
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.Tn NIS
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v2, but many other systems,
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including
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.Tn SunOS
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4.x, search for both a v1 and v2 server when binding).
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.Bx Free Ns 's
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.Xr ypserv 8
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does not actually handle
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.Tn NIS
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v1 requests, but this ``kludge mode''
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is useful for silencing stubborn systems that search for both
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a v1 and v2 server.
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.Pp
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(Please see the
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.Xr ypserv 8
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manual page for a detailed description of these special features
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and flags.)
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.Sh BUGS
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While
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.Bx Free
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now has both
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.Tn NIS
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client and server capabilities, it does not yet have support for
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.Xr ypupdated 8
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or the
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.Fn yp_update
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function.
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Both of these require secure
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.Tn RPC Ns ,
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which
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.Bx Free
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doesn't
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support yet either.
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr getservent 3
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and
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.Xr getprotoent 3
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functions do not yet have
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.Tn NIS
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support.
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Fortunately, these files
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don't need to be updated that often.
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.Pp
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Many more manual pages should be written, especially
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.Xr ypclnt 3 .
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For the time being, seek out a local Sun machine and read the
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manuals for there.
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.Pp
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Neither Sun nor this author have found a clean way to handle
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the problems that occur when ypbind cannot find its server
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upon bootup.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm YP
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subsystem was written from the ground up by
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.An Theo de Raadt
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to be compatible to Sun's implementation.
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Bug fixes, improvements
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and
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.Tn NIS
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server support were later added by
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.An Bill Paul Ns .
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The server-side code was originally written by
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.An Peter Eriksson
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and
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.An Tobias Reber
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and is subject to the GNU Public License.
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No Sun code was
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referenced.
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