.\" $OpenBSD: makedbm.8,v 1.16 2007/05/31 19:20:30 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1994-97 Mats O Jansson .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS .\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY .\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ .Dt MAKEDBM 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm makedbm .Nd create a YP database .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm makedbm .Bk -words .Op Fl blsUu .Op Fl d Ar yp_domain_name .Op Fl i Ar yp_input_file .Op Fl m Ar yp_master_name .Op Fl o Ar yp_output_file .Ar infile outfile .Ek .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is the utility in YP that creates the database file containing the YP map. The database format is a slightly modified version of ndbm. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl 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. .It Fl d Ar yp_domain_name Include an entry in the map with the key YP_DOMAIN_NAME and the argument as value. .It Fl i Ar yp_input_file Include an entry in the map with the key YP_INPUT_FILE and the argument as value. .It Fl l Lowercase. Convert all keys to lower case before adding them to the YP database. .It Fl m Ar yp_master_name Include an entry in the map with the key YP_MASTER_NAME and the argument as value. .It Fl o Ar yp_output_file Include an entry in the map with the key YP_OUTPUT_FILE and the argument as value. .It Fl s Secure map. Include an entry in the database informing .Xr ypxfr 8 and .Xr ypserv 8 that the YP map is going to be handled as secure. .It Fl U Same as .Fl u but also try .Xr db 3 hash format. .It Fl u Dump a database to standard output. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr db 3 , .Xr yp 8 , .Xr ypserv 8 , .Xr ypxfr 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An Mats O Jansson Aq moj@stacken.kth.se