NAME

ypmake - rebuild YP database

SYNOPSIS

cd /var/yp ; make [ map ]

DESCRIPTION

The file called Makefile in /var/yp is used by make to build the YP name service database. With no arguments, make creates dbm databases for any YP maps that are out-of-date, and then executes yppush(1M) to notify slave databases that there has been a change. If map is supplied on the command line, make will update that map only. There are three special variables used by make: DIR, which gives the directory of the source files; NOPUSH, which when non-null inhibits doing a yppush of the new database files; and DOM, used to construct a domain other than the master's default domain. The default for DIR is /etc, and the default for NOPUSH is the null string. ypmake also creates an entry in /var/yp/aliases. Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of the YP.

FILES

/var/yp

SEE ALSO

make(1), makedbm(1M), yppush(1M), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4)