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updaters(1M)							  updaters(1M)

NAME
       updaters - configuration file for NIS updating

SYNOPSIS
   Remarks
       The  Network  Information  Service  (NIS)  was formerly known as Yellow
       Pages (YP).  The functionality of the two remains the  same;  only  the
       name has changed.

DESCRIPTION
       is  a  makefile used for updating the Network Information Service (NIS)
       databases.  Databases can be updated only if  the  network  is  secure,
       that  is,  only	if  there  is a NIS database ( The default script will
       update only the map.

       An entry in the file is a make target for a  particular	NIS  database.
       For  example,  if  you wanted to add to this script, you would create a
       make target named passwd.byname with the command to update  that	 data‐
       base.  See udpublickey(1M).

       The  information	 necessary  to make the update is passed to the update
       command through standard input.	The information	 passed	 is  described
       below.  All items are followed by a NEW LINE except for Actual bytes of
       key and Actual bytes of data.

	      Network name of client wishing to make the update (a string)

	      Kind of update (an integer)

	      Number of bytes in key (an integer)

	      Actual bytes of key

	      Number of bytes in data (an integer)

	      Actual bytes of data

       After receiving this information through standard input, the command to
       update  the  particular	database  should  decide  whether  the user is
       allowed to make the requested change.

       If not, the command should exit with the status

       If the user is allowed to make the change, the command should make  the
       change and exit with a status of zero.

       If  there  are  any errors that may prevent the updater from making the
       change, it should exit with the status that matches a valid  NIS	 error
       code described in

AUTHOR
       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO
       make(1), newkey(1M), rpc.ypupdated(1M), udpublickey(1M), publickey(4).

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