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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
                   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<refentry id='yphelper8'>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>yphelper</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class='manual'>NIS Reference Manual</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv id='name'>
    <refname>yphelper</refname>
    <refpurpose>helper application for internal use</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>


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<refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  <para><emphasis remap='B'>yphelper</emphasis>
    is a internal helper application for ypserv and should not be
    used by the normal user or system administrator.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='options'><title>OPTIONS</title>
  <variablelist remap='TP'>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-d </option><emphasis remap='I'>domainname</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>
	  Use <emphasis remap='I'>domainname</emphasis> as default domain.
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-h</option></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Print the canonical hostname.</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-i </option><emphasis remap='I'>map</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Return '0' if we are the NIS master of
	  <emphasis remap='I'>map</emphasis> or '1' if not.
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-m </option><emphasis remap='I'>master</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>Print the name of all NIS maps where
	  <emphasis remap='I'>master</emphasis> is the NIS master server.
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-p </option><emphasis remap='I'>passwd</emphasis><emphasis remap='I'>shadow</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>
	  Merge the <emphasis remap='I'>passwd</emphasis> and
	  <emphasis remap='I'>shadow</emphasis> files.
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-g </option><emphasis remap='I'>group</emphasis><emphasis remap='I'>gshadow</emphasis></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>
	  Merge the <emphasis remap='I'>group</emphasis> and
	  <emphasis remap='I'>gshadow</emphasis> files.
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='author'>
  <title>AUTHOR</title>
  <para>
    <command>yphelper</command> was written by
    Thorsten Kukuk &lt;kukuk@linux-nis.org&gt;.
  </para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>