ypset(8)                                                                                                                ypset(8)



NAME
       ypset - bind ypbind to a particular NIS server

SYNOPSYS
       ypset [ -d domain ] [ -h hostname ] server

DESCRIPTION
       In   order   to  run  ypset,  ypbind  must be initiated with the -ypset or -ypsetme options.  See ypbind(8).  ypset tells
       ypbind to get NIS services for the specified domain from the ypserv(8) process running on server.

       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:

       example% ypset host1
       example% ypwhich
       host2
       which can be confusing. This is a function of the NIS subsystem's attempt to know always a running NIS server, and
       occurs when host1 does not respond to ypbind because it is not running ypserv (or is overloaded), and host2,  run-
       ning ypserv, gets the binding.
       Server indicates the NIS server to bind to,  and must be specified as a name or an IP address. This will work only
       if the node has a current valid binding for the domain in question, and ypbind has been set to allow use of ypset.
       In most  cases, server should be specified as an IP address.
OPTIONS
       -d domain
              Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(1).
       -h hostname
              Set the NIS binding on host hostname
               instead of the local machine.
SEE ALSO
       domainname(8), ypbind(8), ypcat(8), ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), yppoll(8), ypwhich(1)
AUTHOR
       ypset is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukukATsuse.de>.



YP Tools 2.9                                                May 1998                                                    ypset(8)