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ypset(8)
NAME
  ypset - point ypbind at a particular server

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/ypset [-V1	| -V2] [-d domain] [-h host] server

OPTIONS
  -V1 Bind server for the (old) v.1 NIS protocol.

  -V2 Bind server for the (current) v.2 NIS protocol.

      If no version is supplied, ypset, first attempts to set the domain for
      the (current) v.2 protocol. If this attempt fails, ypset, then attempts
      to set the domain for the (old) v.1 protocol.

  -h host
      Set ypbind's binding on host, instead of locally. The host can be
      specified as a name or as an address.

  -d domain
      Use domain, instead of the default domain.

DESCRIPTION
  The ypset command tells ypbind to get Network Information Service (NIS) map
  information for the specified domain from the ypserv process running on
  server. If server is down, or isn't running ypserv, this is not discovered
  until an NIS client process tries to get a binding for the domain.  At this
  point, the binding set by ypset will be tested by ypbind.  If the binding
  is invalid, ypbind will attempt to rebind for the same domain.

				     Note

       The ypbind process will refuse ypset requests unless -ypset or
       -ypsetme are specified when ypbind is started.

  The ypset command is useful for binding a client node which is not on a
  broadcast net, or is on a broadcast net which isn't running an NIS server
  host. It also is useful for debugging NIS client applications, for instance
  where an NIS map only exists at a single NIS server host.

  In cases where several hosts on the local net are supplying NIS services,
  it is possible for ypbind to rebind to another host even while you attempt
  to find out if the ypset operation succeeded.	 For example, you can type:

       % ypset host1
       % ypwhich
       host2

  which can be confusing.  This is a function of the NIS subsystem's attempt
  to load-balance among the available NIS servers, and occurs when host1 does
  not respond to ypbind because it is not running ypserv (or is overloaded),
  and host2, running ypserv, gets the binding.

  The server indicates the NIS server to bind to, and can be specified as a
  name or an address.  If specified as a name, ypset will attempt to use NIS
  services to resolve the name to an address.  This will work only if the
  node has a current valid binding for the domain in question. In most cases,
  server should be specified as an address.

  Refer to ypfiles(4) and ypserv(8) for an overview of NIS.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: ypwhich(1), ypserv(8)

  Files: ypfiles(4)

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