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Maintenance Commands					ypset(1M)
NAME
     ypset - point ypbind at a particular server
SYNOPSIS

     /usr/sbin/ypset [ -d ypdomain ] [ -h host ] server

DESCRIPTION
     In	order to run ypset, ypbind must	 be  initiated	with  the
     -ypset  or	 -ypsetme  options.  See ypbind(1M).  ypset tells
     ypbind to get NIS services	for the	specified  ypdomain  from
     the ypserv	process	running	on server.  If server is down, or
     is	not running ypserv, this may not be discovered	until  an
     NIS  client  process  tries to get	a binding for the domain.
     At	this point, the	binding	set by ypset will  be  tested  by
     ypbind.   If  the binding is invalid, ypbind will attempt to
     rebind for	the same domain.

     ypset is useful for binding a client node which is	not on	a
     broadcast net, or is on a broadcast net which is not running
     a NIS server host.	 It also  is  useful  for  debugging  NIS
     client  applications,  for	 instance  where  a  NIS map only
     exists at a single	NIS server host.

     In	cases where several hosts on the local net are	supplying
     NIS services, it is possible for ypbind to	rebind to another
     host even while you attempt to find out if	the ypset  opera-
     tion succeeded. For example, you can type:

	  example% ypset host1
	  example% ypwhich
	  host2

     which can be confusing.  This  is	a  function  of	 the  NIS
     subsystem's  attempt to load-balance among	the available NIS
     servers, and occurs when host1 does not  respond  to  ypbind
     because  it  is  not  running ypserv (or is overloaded), and
     host2, running ypserv, gets the binding.

     server indicates the NIS server to	 bind  to,  and	 must  be
     specified	as  a name or an IP address.  This will	work only
     if	the node has a current valid binding for  the  domain  in
     question, and ypbind has been set to allow	use of ypset.  In
     most cases, server	should be specified as an IP address.

     ypset tries to bind over a	 connectionless	 transport.   The
     NIS  library  call, yp_all(), uses	connection-oriented tran-
     sport and derives the NIS server's	address	based on the con-
     nectionless address supplied by ypset.

     Refer to ypfiles(4) for an	overview of the	NIS name service.
SunOS 5.6	    Last change: 14 Sep	1992			1
Maintenance Commands					ypset(1M)
OPTIONS
     -d	ypdomain    Use	ypdomain, instead of the default domain.

     -h	host	    Set	ypbind's  binding  on  host,  instead  of
		    locally.  host must	be specified as	a name.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions	of the	following  attributes:
     __________________________________
    | ATTRIBUTE	TYPE|  ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
    |__________________________________
    | Availability  |  SUNWnisu	      |
    |_______________|_________________|

SEE ALSO ypwhich(1), ypfiles(4), attributes(5)