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35 .Nd "NIS domain binding daemon"
45 .Ar domainname , server1 , server2 , ...
51 utility is the process that maintains NIS binding information.
53 it searches for an NIS server responsible for serving the system's
54 default domain (as set by the
56 command) using network broadcasts.
57 Once it receives a reply,
58 it will store the address of the server and other
59 information in a special file located in
61 The NIS routines in the standard C library can then use this file
62 when processing NIS requests.
63 There may be several such files
64 since it is possible for an NIS client to be bound to more than
67 After a binding has been established,
69 will send DOMAIN_NONACK requests to the NIS server at one minute
71 If it fails to receive a reply to one of these requests,
73 assumes that the server is no longer running and resumes its network
74 broadcasts until another binding is established.
77 utility will also log warning messages using the
79 facility each time it detects that a server has stopped responding,
80 as well as when it has bound to a new server.
82 The following options are available:
83 .Bl -tag -width indent
85 It is possible to force
87 to bind to a particular NIS server host for a given domain by using the
92 refuses YPBINDPROC_SETDOM requests by default since it has no way of
93 knowing exactly who is sending them.
98 to accept YPBINDPROC_SETDOM requests from any host.
99 This option should only
100 be used for diagnostic purposes and only for limited periods since allowing
101 arbitrary users to reset the binding of an NIS client poses a severe
104 This is similar to the
106 flag, except that it only permits YPBINDPROC_SETDOM requests to be processed
107 if they originated from the local host.
111 to run in secure mode: it will refuse to bind to any NIS server
112 that is not running as root (i.e., that is not using privileged
116 .Ar domainname , server1 , server2 , server3 , ...
119 Allow the system administrator to lock
122 domain and group of NIS servers.
123 Up to ten servers can be specified.
124 There must not be any spaces between the commas in the domain/server
126 This option is used to insure that the system binds
127 only to one domain and only to one of the specified servers, which
128 is useful for systems that are both NIS servers and NIS
129 clients: it provides a way to restrict what machines the system can
130 bind to without the need for specifying the
134 options, which are often considered to be security holes.
136 servers must have valid entries in the local
139 IP addresses may be specified in place of hostnames.
142 cannot make sense out of the arguments, it will ignore
145 flag and continue running normally.
149 will consider the domainname specified with the
151 flag to be the system default domain.
155 to use a 'many-cast' rather than a broadcast for choosing a server
156 from the restricted mode server list.
159 will transmit directly to the YPPROC_DOMAIN_NONACK procedure of the
160 servers specified in the restricted list and bind to the server that
161 responds the fastest.
162 This mode of operation is useful for NIS clients on remote subnets
163 where no local NIS servers are available.
166 flag can only be used in conjunction with the
168 flag above (if used without the
170 flag, it has no effect).
175 utility will not make continuous attempts to keep secondary domains bound.
176 If a server for a secondary domain fails to respond to a ping,
178 will broadcast for a new server only once before giving up.
180 client program attempts to reference the unbound domain,
182 will try broadcasting again.
185 will automatically maintain a binding for the default domain whether
186 client programs reference it ot not.
188 .Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.conf -compact
189 .It Pa /var/yp/binding/[domainname].[version]
190 the files used to hold binding information for each NIS domain
192 system configuration file where the system default domain and
193 ypbind startup options are specified
202 .An Theo de Raadt Aq Mt deraadt@fsa.ca