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