Re : nis client

[Vincent_5]

Hi Guys,
can anyone advice what command can I use to update my nis client hosts file and what command can i use to check if is being upated. Pls reply to vinowg@pacific.net.sg

Regards
Vincent

[vinod_25]

Hi vincent

SUMMARY OF NIS COMMANDS:
chkey(1)


Creates or changes a secure RPC key.

domainname(1)


Sets or displays the name of the NIS domain.

keylogin(1)


Decrypts and stores a secure RPC key. keylogin is called when a user logs in, but the user must issue keylogin if no password was provided at login or if a password other than the login password was used to encrypt the secure RPC key.

keylogout(1)


Deletes a stored decrypted secure RPC key.

makedbm(1M)


Generates an NIS map from an ASCII input file.

newkey(1M)


Creates a secure RPC key for a user or host.

ypcat(1)


Prints all the values in an NIS map.

ypinit(1M)


Sets up an NIS master server or slave server.

ypmake(1M)


Generates one or more NIS maps from ASCII files and optionally pushes them to NIS slave servers. /var/yp/Makefile and make(1) do the same thing.

ypmatch(1)


Prints the values associated with one or more selected keys in an NIS map.

yppasswd(1)


Changes a login password stored in the NIS passwd map.

yppoll(1M)


Returns the name of the master server for an NIS map and the time when the map was built.

yppush(1M)


Forces NIS slave servers to transfer one or more NIS maps from the master server. Slave servers use ypxfr to transfer the maps. ypmake calls yppush unless it is invoked with NOPUSH=1.

ypset(1M)


Tells an NIS client process (ypbind[1M]) to bind to a specified NIS server. ypset can be used only if ypbind is invoked with the -ypset option.

ypwhich(1)


Returns the name of the NIS server for the local client or the name of the NIS master server for one or more NIS maps.

ypxfr(1M)


Transfers one or more NIS maps from a master server to the local slave server. A slave server calls ypxfr when yppush is executed on the master server.

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Good Luck!!!

Vinod K