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:
\f3example% ypwhich
\f3host2
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, running 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.
