Re: NIS and linux

[John Reynolds <jreyn us ibm com>]

>Ok.. How do you "update" NIS?
>
>Ypmake doesn't exist, google isn't helping, and the man pages flat out
>such in this particular subject.  Ypinit appears to only be used for
>initial NIS Server creation.
>:annoyed:

Look in /var/yp for a Makefile; it should be set to check for updates to 
/etc/hosts,, /etc/passwd, etc., then generate the NIS maps and push them. 
I usually alias 'ypmake' to 'cd /var/yp; make'.

John Reynolds
IBMi-by-the-Bay
San Francisco CA