The file
/etc/yp.conf
is read from
ypbind(8)
at startup or when receiving signal SIGHUP.
The entries are used for the initial binding.
Valid entries are
domainnisdomainserverhostname
Use server
hostname
for the domain
nisdomain.
You could have more then one entry of this type for a single domain.
domainnisdomainbroadcast
Use broadcast on the local net for domain
nisdomain.
domainnisdomainslp
Query the local running SLP server for hosts running ypserv
and distributing
nisdomain.
This option is only available, if
ypbind
was compiled with SLP support.
ypserverhostname
Use server
server
for the local domain.
broadcast
If no other server is given or all of them are not reachable,
try a broadcast call for the default domain to find a server.
If for a specific domain the broadcast option and fixed server are given,
ypbind-mt
tries at first the given servers before falling back to broadcasting
for a running server.