ypbuild(1M)                                              ypbuild(1M)


       NAME
             ypbuild, ypalias - rebuild NIS database

       SYNOPSIS
             cd /var/yp ; make  [map]
             cd /var/yp ; ./ypbuild SHELL=/sbin/sh [map]

       DESCRIPTION
             The file called Makefile in /var/yp is used to build the
             Network Information Service (NIS) database.

          Files
             /var/yp/Makefile

       USAGE
             If make(1) is installed on your system, use the first form of
             the synopsis to build the NIS database.  If make is not
             installed, execute /var/yp/ypbuild as shown in the second form
             of the synopsis to build the NIS database.

             With no arguments, make (or ypbuild) creates dbm databases for
             any NIS maps that are out-of-date, and then executes
             yppush(1M) to notify slave databases that there has been a
             change.

             If map is supplied on the command line, make (or ypbuild) will
             update that map only.

             There are three special variables used by make (or ypbuild) in
             the Makefile: DIR, which gives the directory of the source
             files; NOPUSH, which when non-null inhibits doing a yppush of
             the new database files; and DOM, used to construct a domain
             other than the master's default domain.  The default for DIR
             is /etc, and the default for NOPUSH is the null string.

             make (or ypbuild) also creates entries in /var/yp/aliases.
             These entries are generated by /usr/sbin/ypalias, which takes
             a string as input and returns the alias derived from that
             string.

             Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of the NIS
             service.

       REFERENCES
             make(1), makedbm(1M), yppush(1M), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4)



                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1