NAME

       /etc/yp.conf - NIS binding configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       The file /etc/yp.conf is read from ypbind(8) 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.

       domain nisdomain slp
              Query  the  local  running  SLP  server for hosts running ypserv and distributing nisdomain.  This
              option is only available, if ypbind was compiled with SLP support.

       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.

       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)

AUTHOR

       ypbind-mt was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.