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37 .Nd description of the NIS (formerly YP) subsystem
56 .Op Fl d Ar domainname
63 .Op Fl d Ar domainname
84 .Op Fl d Ar domainname
94 .Op Fl C Ar tid prog ipadd port
111 .Op Fl m Ar arg1 arg2 ...
115 subsystem allows network management of passwd and group file
116 entries through the functions
121 also provides hooks for other client programs, such as
124 .Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 ,
129 Password maps in standard YP are insecure, because the pw_passwd
130 field is accessible by any user. A common solution to this is to
131 generate a secure map (using
133 which can only be accessed by a client bound to a privileged port.
134 To activate the secure map, see the appropriate comment in
135 .Pa /var/yp/Makefile.yp .
139 subsystem is conditionally started in
143 file for configuration variables.
152 .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
167 client subsystem was originally written by Theo de Raadt
168 to be compatible with Sun's implementation. The
170 server suite was originally written by Mats O Jansson.
174 cannot find a server, the system behaves the same way as Sun's code:
179 feature is not compatible with non-BSD implementations as found