Layer: services

Module: nis

Description:

Policy for NIS (YP) servers and clients

Interfaces:

nis_list_var_yp(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Send UDP network traffic to NIS clients.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process performing this action.	No

nis_signal_ypbind(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Send generic signals to ypbind.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process performing this action.	No

nis_udp_sendto_ypbind(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Send UDP network traffic to NIS clients.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process performing this action.	No

nis_use_ypbind(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Use the ypbind service to access NIS services.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process performing this action.	No

nis_use_ypbind_uncond(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Use the ypbind service to access NIS services unconditionally.

Description

Use the ypbind service to access NIS services unconditionally.

This interface was added because of apache and spamassassin, to fix a nested conditionals problem. When that support is added, this should be removed, and the regular interface should be used.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process performing this action.	No

Return