ypx
Platforms:
Solaris,
SunOS
Categories:
Auditing,
Network,
NIS
Version:
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ypx is a utility to transfer a NIS map from any host running a ypserv daemon. ypx is similar to ypcat, with some additions. To be able to transfer a map, a domainname must be specified. There unfortunately is no way to ask the remote host about its domainname, so it must be known already or guessed to transfer a map successfully. If none is specified, the hostname of the remote host is used as the domainname. ypx is able to guess at the remote domainname, by trying parts of the hostname, if guessing is enabled with the -g option. If the -s option is used, ypx will connect to the sendmail daemon, read the hostname, and parse that too, to be used as additional guesses. Finally, any additional strings on the commandline will be added to the list of domainname guesses.
