See List of NIS Programming References in AIX 5L Version 5.1 Communications Programming Concepts for information about Network Information Service (NIS) subroutines and files.
| keyserv | Stores public and private keys. |
| ypbind | Enables client processes to bind, or connect, to NIS. |
| yppasswdd | Receives and executes requests from the yppasswd command. |
| ypserv | Looks up information in local NIS maps. |
| ypupdated | Updates information in NIS maps. |
| chkey | Changes the user's encryption key. |
| chmaster | Re-executes the ypinit daemon and restarts the NIS daemons. |
| chslave | Retrieves maps from a master server and restarts the ypserv daemon. |
| chypdom | Changes the current domain name of the system. |
| domainname | Displays or sets the name of the current domain. |
| keyenvoy | Provides an intermediary between user processes and the key server. |
| keylogin | Decrypts and stores the user's secret key. |
| lsmaster | Displays the characteristics of the configuration of an NIS master server. |
| lsnfsexp | Displays the characteristics of directories that are exported with NFS. |
| lsnfsmnt | Displays the characteristics of mounted NFS file systems. |
| makedbm | Makes an NIS map. |
| mkclient | Starts the ypbind daemons and uncomments the appropriate entries in the /etc/rc.nfs file. |
| mkkeyserv | Starts the keyserv daemon and uncomments the appropriate entries in the /etc/rc.nfs file. |
| mkmaster | Starts the NIS daemons on the master server. |
| mkslave | Retrieves maps from the NIS master server and starts the ypserv daemon. |
| newkey | Creates a new key in the publickey file. |
| revnetgroup | Reverses the listing of users and hosts in network group files in NIS maps. |
| rmkeyserv | Stops the keyserv daemon and comments the entry for the keyserv daemon in the /etc/rc.nfs file. |
| rmyp | Removes the configuration for NIS. |
| ypcat | Prints out the NIS map specified by the MapName parameter. |
| ypinit | Sets up NIS maps on an NIS server. |
| ypmatch | Displays the value of a given key within an NIS map. |
| yppasswd | Changes your network password in NIS. |
| yppoll | Displays the order number (ID number) of the NIS map currently in use on the server. |
| yppush | Prompts the NIS slave servers to copy updated NIS maps. |
| ypset | Directs a client machine to a specific server. |
| ypwhich | Identifies either the NIS server or the server that is the master for a given map. |
| ypxfr | Transfers an NIS map from an NIS server to a local host. |