ypmake — Rebuild NIS Database
Synopsis
cd /var/yp ; make [map]
Description
The file called Makefile in /var/yp is used by make(1) to build the Network Information Service (NIS) database. With no arguments, make creates dbm databases for any NIS maps that are out-of-date and then executes yppush(1M) to notify slave databases that there has been a change.
If you supply map on the command line, make updates only that map. Typing make passwd creates and runs yppush on the password database (assuming it is out-of-date). Likewise, make hosts and make networks create and run yppush on the host and network files, /etc/hosts and /etc/networks.
make uses three special variables.
DIR specifies the directory of the source files. The default is /etc.
NOPUSH ...
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