Prompts the Network Information Services (NIS) slave servers to copy updated NIS maps.
The yppush command, which is issued from the /usr/etc/yp directory, prompts the Network Information Services (NIS) slave servers to make copies of updated NIS maps. The MapName variable specifies that map to be transferred to the slave servers of the master servers. To get a list of the servers it needs to prompt, the yppush command reads the ypservers map, specified by the Domain parameter or the current default domain. When prompted, each slave server uses the ypxfr command to copy and transfer the map back to its own database.
You can use the System management interface tool (SMIT) to run this command. To use SMIT, type:
smit yppush
Item | Description |
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-d Domain | Specifies a domain other than the default domain. The maps for the specified domain must exist. |
-v | Displays messages as each server
is called and then displays
one message for each server's response, if you are using the version
2 protocol. If this flag is omitted, the command displays error messages
only.
Note: Version 1 of the NIS protocol
does not display messages. If your system uses version 1, use the
yppoll command to verify that the transfer took place.
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/usr/sbin/yppush -d atlantis netgroup
In
this example, the yppush command copies the netgroup map
from the atlantis domain./usr/sbin/yppush -v -d atlantis netgroup
In
this example, the yppush command displays in-progress messages
as it copies the netgroup map from the atlantis domain
onto each of the network's slave servers. Item | Description |
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/var/yp/DomainName/ypservers.{dir, pag} | Lists servers that the yppush command prompts to make copies of updated NIS maps. |