ypinit(8)

ypinit8

Create a yp server (master or slave)

Usage

ypinit -m [domainname]

ypinit -s master_server [domainname]

ypinit -u [domainname]

Overview

ypinit may be used to set up a YP server, or to change the ypserver map. If domainname is not given, the default domainname will be used.

The options are as follows:

-m [domainname]

Set up a master YP server.

-s master_server [domainname]

Set up a slave YP server. master_server must be a running YP master server.

-u [domainname]

Update the ypserver map on a YP master server, or create a new one if the old one has been deleted.

Releases

61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 13 times.

  1. 2.1–2.4
  2. 2.5
  3. 2.6
  4. 2.7–2.8
  5. 2.9
  6. 3.0–3.2
  7. 3.3
  8. 3.4–3.7
  9. 3.8–4.1
  10. 4.2–4.3
  11. 4.4
  12. 4.5–4.6
  13. 4.7–5.3
  14. 5.4–8.0

-s until OpenBSD 2.4.

Authors

Mats O Jansson ⟨[email protected]⟩

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.