YPBIND(8) BSD System Manager's Manual YPBIND(8)

NAME
     yyppbbiinndd - create and maintain a binding to a YP server

SYNOPSIS
     yyppbbiinndd [-yyppsseett] [-yyppsseettmmee] [-iinnsseeccuurree]

DESCRIPTION
     yyppbbiinndd finds the server for a particular YP domain and stores information
     about it in a binding file. This binding information includes the IP
     address of the server associated with that particular domain and which
     port the server is using.  This information is stored in the directory
     /var/yp/binding in a file named with the convention DOMAINNAME.version.
     (The YP system only supplies information on version 2.)

     When yyppbbiinndd starts the primary domain (or gets the first request for a
     new domain), it checks if a file for the domain in question exists in the
     directory /etc/yp/ (ie. /etc/yp/DOMAINNAME).  If such a file exists, it
     will list the hosts which yyppbbiinndd should restrict it's server search to.
     Otherwise, yyppbbiinndd assumes it will need to use broadcasts to find a valid
     server.  Using either of these techniques, yyppbbiinndd will search for a
     server willing to serve maps for the client's domain.  Once a binding is
     established, yyppbbiinndd maintains this binding by periodically communicating
     with the server to which it is bound.  If the binding is somehow lost,
     e.g by server reboot, yyppbbiinndd marks the domain as unbound and attempts to
     re-establish the binding.  When the binding is once again successful,
     yyppbbiinndd marks the domain as bound and resumes its periodic check.

     The options are as follows:

     -yyppsseett    ypset(8) may be used to change the server to which a domain is
               bound.

     -yyppsseettmmee  ypset(8) may be used only from this machine to change the
               server to which a domain is bound.

     -iinnsseeccuurree
               permit binding to a ypserv(8) on a non-reserved port.  This is
               needed if receiving maps from SunOS 3.x or Ultrix.

     The -yyppsseett and -yyppsseettmmee options are dangerous and should be avoided.  For
     greatest security, the use of a server list in /etc/yp/DOMAINNAME is rec-
     ommended.  The file should contain a list of valid YP server hostnames,
     with one hostname per line.  The comment character is #.

     If the directory /var/yp/binding exists, YP is started automatically at
     boot time by /etc/rc.

FILES
     /var/yp/binding/DOMAINNAME.version - binding file for domainname
     /etc/yp/DOMAINNNAME - server list for this particular domain

SEE ALSO
     domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), yppoll(8), ypset(8), ypwhich(1),
     ypserv(8), yp(8)

AUTHOR     Theo de Raadt

BSD                            October 25, 1994                            BSD