ypupdated(1Mnis)

ypupdated -- server for changing NIS information

Synopsis

   /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypupdated [-i]

Description

ypupdated is a daemon that updates information in the Network Information Service (NIS) database. ypupdated consults the file updaters(4nis) in the directory /var/yp to determine which NIS maps should be updated and how to change them.

Options

ypupdated takes the following options:

-i: Accept RPC calls with the insecure AUTH_UNIX credentials. This allows programmatic updating of NIS maps in all networks.

Files

/var/yp/updaters

Usage

ypupdated is normally started up by inetd(1Mtcp). By default, ypupdated requires the most secure method of authentication available to it, either DES (secure) or UNIX (insecure).

Only alphanumeric, [A-Za-z0-9], and the following characters are allowed to be present in an NIS map which is used with ypupdated:

-_=:+%,.@

References

inetd(1Mtcp), keyserv(1Mbnu), updaters(4nis)