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.Dd February 26, 2005 .Dt YPSET 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ypset .Nd tell .Xr ypbind 8 which NIS server process to use .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl h Ar host .Op Fl d Ar domain .Ar server .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm tells the .Xr ypbind 8 process on the current machine which .Tn NIS server process to communicate with. If .Ar server is down or is not running a .Tn NIS server process, it is not discovered until a .Tn NIS client process attempts to access a .Tn NIS map, at which time .Xr ypbind 8 tests the binding and takes appropriate action.
p .Nm is most useful for binding a .Tn NIS client that is not on the same broadcast network as the closest .Tn NIS server, but can also be used for debugging a local network's .Tn NIS configuration, testing specific .Tn NIS client programs, or binding to a specific server when there are many servers on the local network supplying .Tn NIS maps.
p The options are as follows: l -tag -width indent t Fl h Ar host Set the .Tn NIS binding on .Ar host instead of the local machine. t Fl d Ar domain Use the .Tn NIS domain .Ar domain instead of the default domain as returned by .Xr domainname 1 . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr domainname 1 , .Xr ypcat 1 , .Xr ypmatch 1 , .Xr ypwhich 1 , .Xr nis 8 , .Xr ypbind 8 , .Xr yppoll 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An Theo de Raadt
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