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>