Network Information Services (NIS and NIS+) Guide

NIS Reference

See List of NIS Programming References in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Communications Programming Concepts for information about Network Information Service (NIS) subroutines and files.

Daemons

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.

Commands

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.