See List of NIS Programming References in AIX 5L Version 5.1 Communications Programming Concepts for information about Network Information Service (NIS) subroutines and files.
keyserv | Stores public and private keys. |
ypbind | Enables client processes to bind, or connect, to NIS. |
yppasswdd | Receives and executes requests from the yppasswd command. |
ypserv | Looks up information in local NIS maps. |
ypupdated | Updates information in NIS maps. |
chkey | Changes the user's encryption key. |
chmaster | Re-executes the ypinit daemon and restarts the NIS daemons. |
chslave | Retrieves maps from a master server and restarts the ypserv daemon. |
chypdom | Changes the current domain name of the system. |
domainname | Displays or sets the name of the current domain. |
keyenvoy | Provides an intermediary between user processes and the key server. |
keylogin | Decrypts and stores the user's secret key. |
lsmaster | Displays the characteristics of the configuration of an NIS master server. |
lsnfsexp | Displays the characteristics of directories that are exported with NFS. |
lsnfsmnt | Displays the characteristics of mounted NFS file systems. |
makedbm | Makes an NIS map. |
mkclient | Starts the ypbind daemons and uncomments the appropriate entries in the /etc/rc.nfs file. |
mkkeyserv | Starts the keyserv daemon and uncomments the appropriate entries in the /etc/rc.nfs file. |
mkmaster | Starts the NIS daemons on the master server. |
mkslave | Retrieves maps from the NIS master server and starts the ypserv daemon. |
newkey | Creates a new key in the publickey file. |
revnetgroup | Reverses the listing of users and hosts in network group files in NIS maps. |
rmkeyserv | Stops the keyserv daemon and comments the entry for the keyserv daemon in the /etc/rc.nfs file. |
rmyp | Removes the configuration for NIS. |
ypcat | Prints out the NIS map specified by the MapName parameter. |
ypinit | Sets up NIS maps on an NIS server. |
ypmatch | Displays the value of a given key within an NIS map. |
yppasswd | Changes your network password in NIS. |
yppoll | Displays the order number (ID number) of the NIS map currently in use on the server. |
yppush | Prompts the NIS slave servers to copy updated NIS maps. |
ypset | Directs a client machine to a specific server. |
ypwhich | Identifies either the NIS server or the server that is the master for a given map. |
ypxfr | Transfers an NIS map from an NIS server to a local host. |