HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

ypupdated(1M) ypupdated(1M)

NAME

ypupdated, rpc.ypupdated - server for changing NIS information

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/rpc.ypupdated [-is]

Remarks

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (yp). Although the name has

changed, the functionality of the service remains the same.

DESCRIPTION

ypupdated is a daemon that updates information in the

Network Information Service (NIS)

databases. It is activated at system startup when the

NIS_MASTER_SERVER

variable is set to 1 in

/etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs

ﬁle on the NIS master server. ypupdated consults the ﬁle

updaters in the directory /var/yp to determine which NIS maps should be updated and how to change

them.

By default, the daemon requires the most secure method of authentication available to it, either DES

(secure) or UNIX (without augmented security).

Options

ypupdated supports the following options:

-i Accept RPC calls with the insecure AUTH_UNIX credentials. This allows programmatic updat-

ing of the NIS maps in all networks.

-s Accept only calls authenticated using the secure RPC mechanism (AUTH_DES authentication).

This disables programmatic updating of the NIS maps unless the network supports these calls.

AUTHOR

ypupdated was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

FILES

/var/yp/updaters