makedbm(8) BSD System Manager's Manual makedbm(8)
NAME
makedbm -- create a YP database
SYNOPSIS
makedbm -u file
makedbm -U file
makedbm [-bls] [-i yp_input_file] [-o yp_output_file] [-d yp_domain_name]
[-m yp_master_name] infile outfile
DESCRIPTION
Makedbm is the utiliy in YP that creates the database file containing the
YP map. The databse format is a slightly modified version of ndbm.
The options are as follows:
-u Dump a database to standard output.
-U Same as -u but also try db(3) hash format.
-b Interdomain. Include an entry in the database informing a YP
server to use DNS to get information about unknown hosts. This
option will only have effect on the two maps hosts.byname and
hosts.byaddr.
-l Lowercase. Convert all keys to lower case before adding them to
the YP database.
-s Secure map. Include an entry in the database informing ypxfr(8)
and ypserv(8) that the YP map is going to be handled as secure.
-i yp_input_file
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_INPUT_FILE and
the argument as value.
-o yp_output_file
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_OUTPUT_FILE and
the argument as value.
-d yp_domain_name
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_DOMAIN_NAME and
the argument as value.
-m yp_master_name
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_MASTER_NAME and
the argument as value.
SEE ALSO
yp(8), db(3), ypxfr(8), ypserv(8)
AUTHOR
Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>
BSD July 19, 1994 BSD
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