map2system(1M)                                               map2system(1M)

NAME
     map2system - update ASCII files on a NIS client from the standard
     server maps

SYNOPSIS
     /var/yp/map2system [-m server] [[map1 map2 ...] | transfer]

DESCRIPTION
     When commands and library functions access files in Reliant UNIX whose
     contents are supplied from NIS maps, the data is generally not col-
     lected directly from the NIS server. In order to ensure adequate con-
     sistency between local files and NIS maps, the local files from the
     NIS maps are updated periodically on NIS clients using cron jobs. The
     data is transferred from the standard NIS maps using the map2system
     command.

     map2system can, however, also be invoked independently of the cron
     jobs to update the local files immediately.

     The -m server option forces map2system to fetch the data from the NIS
     server server. If the option is not specified, the server that is
     currently using the client domains is accessed.

     map2system fetches the contents of the specified maps and transfers
     them to the respective local file. If all is specified as the map name
     or if no map name is given, all standard maps are transferred.

     ASCII files whose names are listed in the /var/yp/suppressrebuild
     file are not updated.

     The transfer argument should only be specified on a proxy host, and
     then only if this host is to become the network administration host.
     The contents of all standard maps are then transferred to the local
     files and, in addition, the following files from the maps of the pre-
     vious network administration host are created: /etc/yppasswd,
     /etc/ypgroup, /var/yp/ypservers, /var/yp/autoupdaters,
     /var/yp/netgroup and /var/yp/mail.aliases.

FILES
     /var/yp/suppressrebuild

     /etc/default/inet

SEE ALSO
     newpasswd(1M), ypinit(1M), ypmixer(1M), group.local(4),
     passwd.local(4).









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