clarify that "domainname" in various pathnames is the actual domain name

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lukem 1997-10-06 01:20:15 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: ypbind.8,v 1.8 1997/10/06 00:52:52 lukem Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ypbind.8,v 1.9 1997/10/06 01:20:15 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ that particular domain and which port the server is using. This information
is stored in the directory
.Pa /var/yp/binding
in a file named with the convention
.Pa domainname.version .
(The YP system only supplies information on version 2.)
.Pa <domain>.version ,
where
.Aq domain
is the relevant domain.
The YP system only supplies information on version 2.
.Pp
If
.Nm
@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ is started without the
option,
.Nm
steps through the list of YP servers specified in
.Pa /var/yp/binding/domainname.ypservers
.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
and contacts each in turn attempting to bind to that server.
It is strongly recommended that these hosts are in the local
hosts file, and that hosts are looked up in local files before
@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ If
is started with the
.Fl broadcast
option, or if
.Pa /var/yp/binding/domainname.ypservers
.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
does not exist,
.Nm
broadcasts to find a process willing to serve maps for the
@ -121,10 +124,10 @@ and
.Fl ypsetme ,
options are inherently insecure and should be avoided.
.Sh FILES
.Pa /var/yp/binding/domainname.version
- binding file for domainname
.Pa /var/yp/binding/domainname.ypservers
- explicit servers to bind to.
.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.version
- binding file for <domain>.
.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
- explicit list of servers to bind to for <domain>.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr domainname 1 ,
.Xr ypcat 1 ,