NAME
udpublickey — update the publickey database file and the NIS map
SYNOPSIS
udpublickey
Remarks
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (yp).
Although the name has changed, the functionality of the
service remains the same.
DESCRIPTION
udpublickey
is executed from the
updaters(1M)
makefile when either
newkey
or
rpc.ypupdated
updates the
/etc/publickey
database file.
udpublickey
receives the following information from
newkey
or
rpc.ypupdated:
Requestor's name (a string)
After receiving this information,
udpublickey
attempts to update the publickey database file,
/etc/publickey.
If the update is successful,
udpublickey
makes the NIS map,
publickey.byname.
If the update is completely successful,
udpublickey
exits with a zero (0) status; otherwise
udpublickey
exits with a valid NIS error.
This command should not be run interactively.
AUTHOR
udpublickey
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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