---
name: "yp.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "ypbind-mt"
version: "2.7.2-3+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/yp.conf"
---

# yp.conf(5)

NIS binding configuration file

## NAME

yp.conf - NIS binding configuration file

## DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/yp.conf is read from [**ypbind**(8)](/ypbind/8.md) at startup or when receiving signal SIGHUP. The entries are used for the initial binding. Valid entries are

**domain** *nisdomain* **server** *hostname*

Use server *hostname* for the domain *nisdomain*. You could have more then one entry of this type for a single domain.

**domain** *nisdomain* **broadcast**

Use broadcast on the local net for domain *nisdomain*.

**ypserver** *hostname*

Use server *hostname* for the local domain.

**broadcast**

If no other server is given or all of them are not reachable, try a broadcast call for the default domain to find a server.

*hostname* can either be an IP address or the system's DNS name. If it is the system's DNS name, this name needs to be resolveable without the help of NIS, before NIS is used.

If for a specific domain the broadcast option and fixed server are given, **ypbind-mt** tries at first the given servers before falling back to broadcasting for a running server.

## SEE ALSO

[**ypbind**(8)](/ypbind/8.md)

## AUTHOR

**ypbind-mt** was written by Thorsten Kukuk \<kukuk@thkukuk.de\>.