---
name: "ypset"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "yp-tools"
version: "4.2.3-4+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ypset/8"
---

# ypset(8)

bind ypbind to a particular NIS server

## NAME

ypset - bind ypbind to a particular NIS server

## SYNOPSIS

**ypset** \[ **-d** *domain* \] \[ **-h** *hostname* \] *server*

## DESCRIPTION

In  order  to run **ypset**, **ypbind** must be initiated with the **-ypset** or **-ypsetme** options.  See [**ypbind**(8)](/ypbind/8.md). **ypset** tells **ypbind** to get NIS services for the specified *domain* from the [**ypserv**(8)](/ypserv/8.md) process running on *server.*

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** operation 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 know always a running NIS server, 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.**

## OPTIONS

- **-d** *domain*

  **Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by** [**domainname**(8)](/domainname/8.md).

- **-h** *hostname*

  **Set the NIS binding on host** *hostname*\
    **instead of the local machine.**

## SEE ALSO

[**domainname**(8)](/domainname/8.md), [**ypbind**(8)](/ypbind/8.md), **ypcat**(8), [**ypmatch**(1)](/ypmatch/1.md), [**ypserv**(8)](/ypserv/8.md), [**yppoll**(8)](/yppoll/8.md), [**ypwhich**(1)](/ypwhich/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**ypset** **is part of the** **yp-tools** **package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk \<kukuk@linux-nis.org\>.**