ypservers

In the NIS environment, the ypservers file contains a list of the NIS servers in the domain.

For example, the ypservers file in the domain France.XYZ.com contains the following list:

brie
camembert
emmental
gorgonzola
roquefort

A directory entry is created for each server listed in the file. For example, the DN of the entry created for the server brie is cn=brie, ou=ypservers, ou=Services, dc=France, dc=XYZ, dc=com. For example, the entry for the server brie contains: