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YPBIND(8)               NetBSD System Manager's Manual               YPBIND(8)


NAME

     ypbind - create and maintain a binding to a YP server


SYNOPSIS

     ypbind [-broadcast] [-insecure] [-ypset] [-ypsetme]


DESCRIPTION

     ypbind finds the server for a particular YP domain and stores information
     about it in a binding file.  This binding information includes the IP ad-
     dress of the server associated with that particular domain and which port
     the server is using.  This information is stored in the directory
     /var/yp/binding in a file named with the convention <domain>.version,
     where <domain> is the relevant domain.  The YP system only supplies in-
     formation on version 2.

     If ypbind is started without the -broadcast option, ypbind steps through
     the list of YP servers specified in /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
     and contacts each in turn attempting to bind to that server.  It is
     strongly recommended that these hosts are in the local hosts file, and
     that hosts are looked up in local files before the YP hosts map.

     If ypbind is started with the -broadcast option, or if
     /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers does not exist, ypbind broadcasts to
     find a process willing to serve maps for the client's domain.

     Once a binding is established, ypbind maintains this binding by periodi-
     cally communicating with the server to which it is bound.  If the binding
     is somehow lost, e.g by server reboot, ypbind marks the domain as unbound
     and attempts to re-establish the binding.  When the binding is once again
     successful, ypbind marks the domain as bound and resumes its periodic
     check.

     The options are as follows:

     -broadcast  sends a broadcast requesting a YP server to which to bind.

     -insecure   do not require that the server is running on a reserved port.
                 This may be necessary when connecting to SunOS 3.x or ULTRIX
                 YP servers.

     -ypset      ypset(8) may be used to change the server to which a domain
                 is bound.

     -ypsetme    ypset(8) may be used only from this machine to change the
                 server to which a domain is bound.

     The -broadcast -ypset, and -ypsetme, options are inherently insecure and
     should be avoided.


FILES

     /var/yp/binding/<domain>.version - binding file for <domain>.
     /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers - explicit list of servers to bind to
     for <domain>.


DIAGNOSTICS

     Messages are send to syslog daemon using facility LOG_DAEMON.


SEE ALSO

     domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), yppoll(8), ypset(8), ypwhich(1),
     yp(8)


AUTHOR

     This version of ypbind was originally implemented by Theo de Raadt.  The
     ypservers support was implemented by Luke Mewburn.

NetBSD 1.4                       July 7, 1997                                1