YPHELPER(8)

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version 4.2 · 3 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to yphelper(8) — the section 8 (system administration) page for yphelper, and it's literally just a helper application for internal use 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like. yphelper is an internal helper application for ypserv, and ngl you are not supposed to touch it 💀 like, fr fr — it should not be used by the normal user or the system administrator. it's giving backstage pass only. main character energy stays behind the curtain, bestie 🙈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -d domainname — use domainname as the default domain 💅
  • -h — print the canonical hostname 👑
  • -i map — return '0' if we are the NIS master of map, or '1' if we are not 🦋
  • -m master — print the name of all NIS maps where master is the NIS master server ⭐
  • -p passwdshadow — merge the passwd and shadow files 🍓
  • -g groupgshadow — merge the group and gshadow files 🌸

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

yphelper was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>. iconic behavior, we love to see it 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this came to you from the NIS Reference Manual, dated 12/31/2020 — no cap, that's the version and the date, slay ✨🎀🫶

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