Maintenance Commands                                    ypset(1M)

NAME
     ypset - point ypbind at a particular server

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/ypset [ -d ypdomain ]  [ -h host ]  server

DESCRIPTION
     In order to run ypset, ypbind must  be  initiated  with  the
     -ypset  or   -ypsetme  options.  See ypbind(1M). ypset tells
     ypbind to get NIS services for the specified  ypdomain  from
     the  ypserv process running on server. If server is down, or
     is not running ypserv, this may not be discovered  until  an
     NIS client process tries to get a binding for the domain. At
     this point, the binding set  by  ypset  will  be  tested  by
     ypbind.  If  the  binding is invalid, ypbind will attempt to
     rebind for the same domain.

     ypset is useful for binding a client node which is not on  a
     broadcast net, or is on a broadcast net which is not running
     a NIS server host. It  also  is  useful  for  debugging  NIS
     client  applications,  for  instance  where  a  NIS map only
     exists at a single NIS server host.

     In cases where several hosts on the local net are  supplying
     NIS services, it is possible for ypbind to rebind to another
     host even while you attempt to find out if the ypset  opera-
     tion succeeded.  For example, you can type:

     example% ypset host1
     example% ypwhich
     host2

     which can be confusing.  This  is  a  function  of  the  NIS
     subsystem's  attempt to load-balance among the available NIS
     servers, and occurs when host1 does not  respond  to  ypbind
     because  it  is  not  running ypserv (or is overloaded), and
     host2, running ypserv, gets the binding.

     server indicates the NIS server to  bind  to,  and  must  be
     specified as a name or an IP address. This will work only if
     the node has a current valid binding for the domain in ques-
     tion, and ypbind has been set to allow use of ypset. In most
     cases, server should be specified as an IP address.

     ypset tries to bind over a connectionless transport. The NIS
     library  call,  yp_all(), uses connection-oriented transport
     and derives the NIS server's address based  on  the  connec-
     tionless address supplied by ypset.

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Maintenance Commands                                    ypset(1M)

     Refer to ypfiles(4) for an overview of the NIS name service.

OPTIONS
     -d ypdomain
           Use ypdomain, instead of the default domain.

     -h host
           Set ypbind's binding on host, instead of locally. host
           must be specified as a name.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWnisu                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     ypwhich(1), ypfiles(4), attributes(5)

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