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ypxfrd(8)


NAME

  ypxfrd - high speed NIS map transfer daemon


SYNOPSIS

  /usr/sbin/ypxfrd


DESCRIPTION

  The ypxfrd daemon is the transfer agent that handles map transfer requests
  from yppush on the master server and ypxfr on slave servers and clients.
  This program performs the actual transfer of the NIS maps to slave servers
  and clients.	Typically, the maps are transferred to all slave servers and
  clients unless the transfer is restricted to those subnets or hosts by an
  entry or entries in the /etc/yp/securenets file.  See ypserv(8) for
  information on this file.

  The ypxfrd daemon is activated at system startup time by an entry in the
  /sbin/init.d/nis file of an NIS master server machine.

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


RESTRICTIONS

  The ypxfrd daemon transfers NIS maps stored as ndbm files only.  It does
  not transfer maps stored as btree or hash files.


RELATED INFORMATION

  Commands: yppush(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8).

  Files: ypfiles(4).