NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       ypxfrd - High speed NIS map transfer daemon

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /usr/sbin/ypxfrd

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  ypxfrd  daemon is the transfer agent that handles map
       transfer requests from yppush on  the  master  server  and
       ypxfr on slave servers and clients.  This program performs
       the actual transfer of the NIS maps to slave  servers  and
       clients.  Typically, the maps are transferred to all slave
       servers and clients unless the transfer is  restricted  to
       those  subnets  or  hosts  by  an  entry or entries in the
       /etc/yp/securenets file.  See ypserv(8) for information on
       this file.

       The  ypxfrd  daemon is activated at system startup time by
       an entry in the /sbin/init.d/nis file  of  an  NIS  master
       server   machine.   If   the  log  file  /var/cluster/members/{memb}/yp/ypxfrd.log
 exists, ypxfrd appends  all  its
       output  to that file. You can use the log file to retain a
       record of what was attempted, and the results.

       See ypfiles(4) and ypserv(8) for an overview of NIS.

RESTRICTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The ypxfrd daemon transfers NIS maps stored as ndbm  files
       only.  It  does  not transfer maps stored as btree or hash
       files.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The ypxrfd log file. Each cluster member has its own copy.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: yppush(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8)

       Files: ypfiles(4)



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