The list of Network Information Service (NIS) references includes:
See "List of NIS Commands" in AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks for information about Network Information System NIS commands and daemons.
yp_all | Transfers all of the key-value pairs from the NIS server to the client as the entire map. |
yp_bind | Calls the ypbind daemon directly for processes that use backup strategies when NIS is not available. |
yp_first | Returns the first key-value pair from the named NIS map in the named domain. |
yp_get_default_domain | Gets the default domain of the node. |
yp_master | Returns the machine name of the NIS master server for a map. |
yp_match | Searches for the value associated with a key. |
yp_next | Returns each subsequent value it finds in the named NIS map until it reaches the end of the list. |
yp_order | Returns the order number for an NIS map that identifies when the map was built. |
yp_unbind | Manages socket descriptors for processes that access multiple domains. |
yp_update | Makes changes to the NIS map. |
yperr_string | Returns a pointer to an error message string. |
ypprot_err | Takes an NIS protocol error code as input and returns an error code to be used as input to a yperr_string subroutine. |
ethers | Lists Ethernet addresses of hosts on the network. |
netgroup | Lists the groups of users on the network. |
netmasks | Lists network masks used to implement Internet Protocol standard subnetting. |
publickey | Stores public or secret keys from NIS maps. |
updaters | Contains a makefile for updating NIS maps. |
xtab | Lists directories that are currently exported. |