yptest
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: May 2002
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NAME
yptest - test NIS configuration
SYNOPSYS
yptest [-q] [-d domain] [-h host] [-m map] [-u user]
DESCRIPTION
yptest
calls various NIS functions to check if the NIS configuration is
correct and works as expected.
OPTIONS
- -q
-
Be quiet, don't print messages
- -d domainname
-
Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by
domainname(1).
This option is not supported by all tests.
- -h hostname
-
Query ypserv on
hostname
instead of the currently used one.
This option is not supported by all tests.
- -m map
-
Use the map
map
for the tests instead of
passwd.byname.
This option should be used if the default map does not exist.
- -u user
-
Use the account
user
instead of
nobody.
This option should be used if the
nobody
account does not exist in the map used for testing
(passwd.byname
or the one given with the
-m
option).
SEE ALSO
domainname(8),
ypbind(8),
ypcat(8),
ypmatch(1),
ypserv(8),
yppoll(8),
ypwhich(1)
AUTHOR
yptest
is part of the
yp-tools
package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.