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