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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-06-18 17:59:04 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-06-18 17:59:04 +0000
commit92dec2dd827787d6533f9393e632522372cba7b9 (patch)
tree90ee66c5ab1a11549fdc68a8ed44c962c70e71d8 /share/man
parentc27a3cd504620ec414bb19c01d6afecbf6545967 (diff)
talk about ypinit; fails to talk about "ypmake" still
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8
index 3139f6050be..9dbe16dc7f9 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/yp.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
.Nm yp
.Nd description of the YP subsystem
.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm ypinit
+.Op Fl m
+.Ar domain
+.Nm ypinit
+.Op Fl s
+.Ar server
+.Ar domain
+.Pp
.Nm ypbind
.Op Fl ypset
.Nm ypbind
@@ -114,6 +122,13 @@ to access distributed and shareable versions
of their maps through
.Nm YP .
.Pp
+.Nm ypinit
+is used to initialize YP as a server or master. This creates
+various files in
+.Pa /var/yp .
+If setup as a server, the required databases are automatically copied
+from the specified server.
+.Pp
The
.Nm YP
client subsystem is started automatically in