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yphelper(8)

yphelper8

Helper application for internal use

Overview

yphelper is a internal helper application for ypserv and should not be used by the normal user or system administrator.

Options

-d domainname

Use domainname as default domain.

-h

Print the canonical hostname.

-i map

Return '0' if we are the NIS master of map or '1' if not.

-m master

Print the name of all NIS maps where master is the NIS master server.

-p passwdshadow

Merge the passwd and shadow files.

-g groupgshadow

Merge the group and gshadow files.

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 11 (Bullseye): the text shown here
  • Debian 10 (Buster) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

-d since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -g since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -h since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -i since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -m since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -p since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

yphelper was written by Thorsten Kukuk <[email protected]>.

From ypserv 4.2-2+b2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.