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MAKEDBM

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NAME

makedbm - create or dump a ypserv database file

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/yp/makedbm [ ?a | ?r ] [ ?b ] [ ?c ] [ ?s ] [ ?l ] [ ?i YP_INPUT_NAME ] [ ?o YP_OUTPUT_NAME ] [ ?m YP_MASTER_NAME ] inputfile dbname
/usr/lib/yp/makedbm ?u
dbname
/usr/lib/yp/makedbm ?c
/usr/lib/yp/makedbm ?-version

DESCRIPTION

makedbm takes the inputfile and converts it to a ypserv database file. In the moment, GDBM is used as database. Each line of the input file is converted to a single record. All characters up to the first TAB or SPACE are the key, and the rest of the line is the data. makedbm does not treat ‘#’ as a special character.

OPTIONS

?a

Special support for mail aliases. We couldn’t use sendmail for it, since sendmail uses db, but ypserv gdbm as database format.

?b

Insert the YP_INTERDOMAIN into the output. This key causes ypserv(8) to use DNS for host name and address lookups for hosts not found in the maps.

?c

send a YPPROC_CLEAR to the local ypserv(8). This causes ypserv to invalidate all cached entries.

?l

Convert the keys of the given map to lower case.

?i YP_INPUT_NAME

Create a special entry with the key YP_INPUT_NAME.

?m YP_MASTER_NAME

Create a special entry with the key YP_MASTER_NAME. If no master host name is specified, YP_MASTER_NAME will be set to the local host name.

?o YP_OUTPUT_NAME

Create a special entry with the key YP_OUTPUT_NAME.

?r

Handle ‘#’ as comment sign and remove the comment.

?s

Secure map. Accept connections from secure NIS networks only (reserved ports).

?u dbname

Dump a ypserv database file. Prints out the file in text format, one entry per line, with a single space separating keys from values.

??no-limit-check

Don’t check for NIS key and data limit.

SEE ALSO

ypserv(8)

AUTHOR

Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>


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