155 lines
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155 lines
4.5 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: ypbind.8,v 1.10 1998/01/23 13:36:57 lukem Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Jason R. Thorpe.
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.Dd July 7, 1997
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.Dt YPBIND 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ypbind
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.Nd create and maintain a binding to a YP server
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl broadcast
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.Op Fl insecure
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.Op Fl ypset
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.Op Fl ypsetme
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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finds the server for a particular
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.Tn YP
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domain and stores information about it
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in a
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.Pa binding file.
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This binding information includes the IP address of the server associated with
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that particular domain and which port the server is using. This information
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is stored in the directory
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.Pa /var/yp/binding
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in a file named with the convention
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.Pa <domain>.version ,
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where
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.Aq domain
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is the relevant domain.
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The
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.Tn YP
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system only supplies information on version 2.
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.Pp
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If
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.Nm
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is started without the
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.Fl broadcast
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option,
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.Nm
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steps through the list of
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.Tn YP
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servers specified in
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.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
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and contacts each in turn attempting to bind to that server.
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It is strongly recommended that these hosts are in the local
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hosts file, and that hosts are looked up in local files before
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the
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.Tn YP
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hosts map.
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.Pp
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If
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.Nm
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is started with the
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.Fl broadcast
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option, or if
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.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
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does not exist,
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.Nm
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broadcasts to find a process willing to serve maps for the
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client's domain.
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.Pp
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Once a binding is established,
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.Nm
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maintains this binding by periodically communicating with the server to which
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it is bound.
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If the binding is somehow lost, e.g by server reboot,
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.Nm
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marks the domain as unbound and attempts to re-establish the binding.
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When the binding is once again successful,
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.Nm
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marks the domain as bound and resumes its periodic check.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width "-broadcast"
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.It Fl broadcast
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sends a broadcast requesting a
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.Tn YP
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server to which to bind.
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.It Fl insecure
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do not require that the server is running on a reserved port.
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This may be necessary when connecting to
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.Tn SunOS 3.x
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or
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.Tn ULTRIX
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.Tn YP
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servers.
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.It Fl ypset
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.Xr ypset 8
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may be used to change the server to which a domain is bound.
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.It Fl ypsetme
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.Xr ypset 8
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may be used only from this machine to change the server
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to which a domain is bound.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl broadcast
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.Fl ypset ,
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and
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.Fl ypsetme ,
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options are inherently insecure and should be avoided.
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.Sh FILES
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.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.version
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- binding file for <domain>.
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.Pa /var/yp/binding/<domain>.ypservers
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- explicit list of servers to bind to for <domain>.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr domainname 1 ,
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.Xr ypcat 1 ,
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.Xr ypmatch 1 ,
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.Xr yppoll 8 ,
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.Xr ypset 8 ,
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.Xr ypwhich 1 ,
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.Xr yp 8
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.Sh AUTHOR
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This version of
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.Nm
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was originally implemented by Theo de Raadt. The ypservers support was
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implemented by Luke Mewburn.
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