NAME
makedbm
- create a NIS database
SYNOPSIS
makedbm
-u dbfile
makedbm
[-bls]
[-d yp_domain_name]
[-i yp_input_file]
[-m yp_master_name]
[-o yp_output_file]
infile outfile
DESCRIPTION
makedbm
is the utility in
NIS
that creates the
db(3)
database file containing the
NIS
map.
infile
is the pathname of the source file (where
``-''
is standard input).
Each line consists of the key and the value, with a space separating
the items.
Blank lines are ignored, and a
``#''
is a comment character and indicates that the rest of the line should
be ignored.
outfile
is the pathname of the generated database.
The options are as follows:
- -b
-
Interdomain. Include an entry in the database informing a
NIS
server to use
DNS to get information about unknown hosts. This option will only have
effect on the maps
hosts.byname
and
hosts.byaddr
.
- -l
-
Lowercase. Convert all keys to lower case before adding them to the
NIS
database.
- -s
-
Secure map. Include an entry in the database informing
ypxfr(8)
and
ypserv(8)
that the
NIS
map is going to be handled as secure (i.e., not served
to clients that don't connect from a reserved port).
- -d yp_domain_name
-
Include an entry in the map with
`YP_DOMAIN_NAME'
as the key and
yp_domain_name
as the value.
- -i yp_input_file
-
Include an entry in the map with
`YP_INPUT_FILE'
as the key and
yp_input_file
as the value.
- -m yp_master_name
-
Include an entry in the map with
`YP_MASTER_NAME'
as the key and
yp_master_name
as the value.
- -o yp_output_file
-
Include an entry in the map with
`YP_OUTPUT_FILE'
as the key and
yp_output_file
as the value.
- -u dbfile
-
Dump the contents of
dbfile
to standard output, in a format suitable to be passed back into
.
dbfile
is the pathname to the database.
SEE ALSO
db(3),
nis(8),
ypserv(8),
ypxfr(8)
AUTHORS
Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>