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Preface

Introduction

System Administration Commands - Part 1

System Administration Commands - Part 2

System Administration Commands - Part 3

umount_smbfs(1M)

unlink(1M)

unshare(1M)

unshareall(1M)

unshare_nfs(1M)

update_drv(1M)

useradd(1M)

userdel(1M)

usermod(1M)

utmp2wtmp(1M)

utmpd(1M)

uucheck(1M)

uucico(1M)

uucleanup(1M)

uucpd(1M)

uusched(1M)

Uutry(1M)

uutry(1M)

uuxqt(1M)

vbiosd(1M)

vdiskadm(1M)

vdpd(1M)

virt-convert(1M)

virtinfo(1M)

vmstat(1M)

vmtasks(1M)

vntsd(1M)

volcopy(1M)

volcopy_ufs(1M)

vrrpadm(1M)

vrrpd(1M)

vscanadm(1M)

vscand(1M)

vtdaemon(1M)

wall(1M)

wanboot_keygen(1M)

wanboot_keymgmt(1M)

wanboot_p12split(1M)

wanbootutil(1M)

wbemadmin(1M)

wbemconfig(1M)

wbemlogviewer(1M)

wcadmin(1M)

whodo(1M)

wpad(1M)

wracct(1M)

wtmpfix(1M)

wusbadm(1M)

ypbind(1M)

ypinit(1M)

ypmake(1M)

ypmap2src(1M)

yppasswdd(1M)

yppoll(1M)

yppush(1M)

ypserv(1M)

ypserv_resolv(1M)

ypset(1M)

ypstart(1M)

ypstop(1M)

ypupdated(1M)

ypxfr(1M)

ypxfr_1perday(1M)

ypxfr_1perhour(1M)

ypxfr_2perday(1M)

ypxfrd(1M)

zdb(1M)

zdump(1M)

zfs(1M)

zfs_allow(1M)

zfs_encrypt(1M)

zfs_share(1M)

zic(1M)

zoneadm(1M)

zoneadmd(1M)

zonecfg(1M)

zonep2vchk(1M)

zonestatd(1M)

zpool(1M)

zstreamdump(1M)

ypstart

, ypstop

- Start and stop NIS services

Synopsis

/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstart 
/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstop 

Description

The ypstart command is used to start the Network Information Service (NIS). After the host has been configured using the ypinit(1M) command, ypstart automatically determines the NIS status of the machine and starts the appropriate daemons.

The ypstop command is used to stop the Network Information Service (NIS).

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
service/network/nis

See Also

ypinit(1M), attributes(5)

Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks

Notes

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two services remains the same; only the name has changed. The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications PLC, and must not be used without permission.