NIS Map

[Hill_1]

Dear all,
As my information, ypservers (NIS map) is created when we configure the NIS Server.
I'm doubtful of the suffix appends to the map. For example, passwd.byname.dir
passwd.byname.pag

May I know the purpose and difference of these files?
Thanks.

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

Hi,

The following link would help you.
http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/B1031-90048_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/00/00/20-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/00/00/20-toc.html&searchterms=NIS&queryid=20011115-203456

[Frank Li]

They are the hash file of the corresponding text file for quick searh. you can " man makedbm" and " man dbm " for some information.

[discoverer]

BTW,

The manual way to add yp servers:
* format of ypservers file:
my_nis_server my_nis_server
* build map command:
/usr/sbin/makedbm /var/yp/source/ypservers /var/yp/my_domain/ypservers

/discoverer