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ypmake(8)
NAME
  ypmake - rebuild Network Information Service (NIS) database using the make
  command

SYNOPSIS
  cd /var/yp make [options] [map]

OPTIONS
  The options argument can be used to override the default values of three
  special variables used by make:

  DIR Instructs make to use the source files in the specified directory. The
      default is /var/yp/src.

  DOM Instructs make to construct a domain other than the master's default
      domain. The DOM variable in the /var/yp/Makefile file must be set to
      the domain name before running make. If you run ypsetup, the DOM
      variable is set when you specify a domain name.

  METHOD
      Specifies the database routines used to store NIS maps.  The choices
      are:

      b	  btree -- Recommended when creating and maintaining very large maps.

      d	  dbm/ndbm -- For backward compatibility.  This is the default.

      h	  hash -- A potentially quicker method for managing small maps.

  NOPUSH
      When non-null inhibits updating of the new database files using the
      yppush(8) function. The default is the null string.

  To override the default values of these special variables, an options
  argument format of special_variable = value is used.	See the EXAMPLES
  section for an example.

  The map argument supplied on the command line instructs make to update only
  the specified map. The specified maps are those located at
  /var/yp/{domain}, where {domain} is the NIS domain name. Some typical
  entries for the map argument are passwd, hosts, and networks.	 Typing make
  passwd creates and updates the NIS password database, if it is out of date.
  The make command distributes the updated password database to the slave
  servers using yppush(8). Therefore, typing make host or make networks
  creates and updates the host and network files, /var/yp/src/hosts and
  /var/yp/src/networks, respectively, on the master and slave servers.

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

DESCRIPTION
  The make command uses the /var/yp/Makefile file to build an NIS database.
  With no arguments, make creates databases for any NIS maps that are out-
  of-date, and then executes yppush(8) to notify slave servers that there has
  been a change.

				     Note

       Execute the make command only at an NIS master server machine.  If it
       is executed from either a slave server or an NIS client machine, the
       created changes will only be overwritten when the next NIS master
       server machine update, using ypxfr(8), is performed.

RESTRICTIONS
  You must use the same database format for each map in a domain. In
  addition, a server serving multiple NIS domains must use the same database
  format for all domains.

  Although a Tru64 UNIX NIS server that takes advantage of btree files will
  be able to store very large maps, NIS slave servers that lack this feature
  might have a much smaller limit on the number of map entries they can
  handle.  It may not be possible to distribute very large maps from a Tru64
  UNIX NIS master server to a slave server that lacks support for very large
  maps.	 NIS clients are not affected by these enhancements.

EXAMPLES
  This example causes make to create a password NIS map for the domain
  NewDomain instead of for the default domain:

       make DOM=NewDomain passwd

SEE ALSO
  Commands: make(1), makedbm(8), yppush(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8)

  Files: ypfiles(4)

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