NIS service is supported by nine utilities as shown in Table 7–2.
Table 7–2 NIS Utilities
Utility |
Function |
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makedbm |
Creates dbm file for an NIS map |
ypcat |
Lists data in a map |
ypinit |
Builds and installs an NIS database and initializes NIS client's ypservers list. |
yppmatch |
Finds a specific entry in a map |
yppoll |
Gets a map order number from a server |
yppush |
Propagates data from NIS master to NIS slave server |
ypset |
Sets binding to a particular server |
ypwhich |
Lists name of the NIS server and nickname translation table |
ypxfr |
Transfers data from master to slave NIS server |