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To obtain more information about NIS files and commands, consult the following reference manual pages:
| Manual page | Information provided |
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| makedbm(NADM) | make NIS ndbm file utility |
| map2ascii(NADM) | NIS database conversion routines |
| ypinit(NADM) | initialize NIS servers and clients |
| ypmake(NADM) | make NIS databases |
| yppasswdd(NADM) | server for modifying NIS password file |
| yppoll(NADM) | query NIS server for NIS map version |
| yppush(NADM) | propagate NIS map from master server to slaves |
| ypserv(NADM) | NIS server, binder, and transfer processes |
| ypset(NADM) | point ypbind at a particular server |
| ypshad2pwd(NADM) | install and update the /etc/passwd.yp passwd file |
| ypwhich(NADM) | which host is NIS server or map master |
| ypxfr(NADM) | transfer NIS map from server to here |
| netgroup(NF) | list of network groups |
| ypfiles(NF) | description of NIS database and directory structure |
| ypmapxlate(NF) | translation table for NIS map names |
| domainname(NC) | set or display current NIS domain |
| ypcat(NC) | print values of an NIS database |
| ypmatch(NC) | print values of one or more keys of NIS database |
| yppasswd(NC) | change login password in NIS |
Additional information on NIS may be found in the following book: Managing NFS and NIS; Stern, Hal (1991); O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol CA. ISBN: 0-937175-75-7.