MAKEDBM(8) | System Manager's Manual | MAKEDBM(8)

# NAME

`makedbm` — create a YP database

# SYNOPSIS

`makedbm` | [`-blsUu`] [`-d` yp_domain_name] [`-i` yp_input_file] [`-m` yp_master_name] [`-o` yp_output_file] infile outfile

# DESCRIPTION

`makedbm` is the utility in YP that creates the database file containing the YP map. The database format is a slightly modified version of ndbm.

The options are as follows:

`-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.
`-d` yp_domain_name
  Include an entry in the map with the key YP_DOMAIN_NAME and the argument as value.
`-i` yp_input_file
  Include an entry in the map with the key YP_INPUT_FILE and the argument as value.
`-l`
  Lowercase. Convert all keys to lower case before adding them to the YP database.
`-m` yp_master_name
  Include an entry in the map with the key YP_MASTER_NAME and the argument as value.
`-o` yp_output_file
  Include an entry in the map with the key YP_OUTPUT_FILE and the argument as value.
`-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.
`-U`
  Same as `-u` but also try the hash(3) format.
`-u`
  Dump a database to standard output.

# SEE ALSO

dbopen(3), Makefile.yp(8), yp(8), ypserv(8), ypxfr(8)

# AUTHORS

Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>

November 30, 2015 | Debian