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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1992/3 Theo de Raadt <deraadt@fsa.ca> |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
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| 7 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | |
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| 10 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | |
| 11 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
| 12 | .\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote | |
| 13 | .\" products derived from this software without specific prior written | |
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| 15 | .\" | |
| 16 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS | |
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| 18 | .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | |
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| 20 | .\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL | |
| 21 | .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS | |
| 22 | .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) | |
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| 25 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | |
| 26 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | |
| 27 | .\" | |
| 28 | .\" from: @(#)yp.8 1.0 (deraadt) 4/26/93 | |
| 9258f8b2 | 29 | .\" $Id: yp.8,v 1.4 1993/08/01 07:22:47 mycroft Exp $ |
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30 | .\" |
| 31 | .Dd April 5, 1993 | |
| 32 | .Dt YP 8 | |
| 33 | .Os BSD 4.2 | |
| 34 | .Sh NAME | |
| 35 | .Nm yp | |
| 36 | .Nd description of the YP system | |
| 37 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 38 | .Nm yp | |
| 39 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 40 | The | |
| 41 | .Nm YP | |
| 42 | subsystem allows network management of passwd and group file | |
| 43 | entries through the functions getpwent(3) and getgrent(3). | |
| 44 | The | |
| 45 | .Nm YP | |
| 46 | subsystem is started automatically in | |
| 47 | .Nm /etc/netstart | |
| 48 | if the directory | |
| 49 | .Nm /var/yp | |
| 50 | exists. | |
| 51 | .Sh BUGS | |
| 52 | Only | |
| 53 | .Nm YP | |
| 54 | client functionality exists -- the server code has not yet been | |
| 55 | written. Brave folk can contact the author. | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | .Nm /etc/passwd | |
| 58 | and | |
| 59 | .Nm /etc/group only supports "+" entries. | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | Many more manual pages should be written, especially ypclnt(3). | |
| 62 | For the time being, seek out a local Sun machine and read the | |
| 63 | manuals for there. | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | Neither Sun nor this author have found a clean way to handle | |
| 66 | the problems that occur when ypbind cannot find its server | |
| 67 | upon bootup. | |
| 68 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 69 | The | |
| 70 | .Nm YP | |
| 71 | subsystem was written from the ground up by Theo de Raadt | |
| 72 | to be compatible to Sun's implimentation. No Sun code was | |
| 73 | referenced. |