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.Dd July 19, 1994
.Dt MAKEDBM 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm makedbm
.Nd create a YP database
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm makedbm
.Fl u Ar file
.Nm makedbm
.Fl U Ar file
.Nm makedbm
.Op Fl bls
.Op Fl i Ar yp_input_file
.Op Fl o Ar yp_output_file
.Op Fl d Ar yp_domain_name
.Op Fl m Ar yp_master_name
.Ar infile
.Ar outfile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Makedbm
is the utiliy in YP that creates the database file containing the YP map.
The databse format is a slightly modified version of ndbm.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl u
Dump a database to standard output.
.It Fl U
Same as
.Fl u
but also try 
.Xr db 3
hash format.
.It Fl b
Interdomain. Include an entry in the database informing a YP server to use
DNS to get information about unknown hosts. This option will only have
effect on the two maps hosts.byname and hosts.byaddr.
.It Fl l
Lowercase. Convert all keys to lower case before adding them to the YP
database.
.It Fl s 
Secure map. Include an entry in the database informing 
.Xr ypxfr 8
and
.Xr ypserv 8
that the YP map is going to be handled as secure.
.It Fl i Ar yp_input_file
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_INPUT_FILE and the argument
as value.
.It Fl o Ar yp_output_file
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_OUTPUT_FILE and the argument
as value.
.It Fl d Ar yp_domain_name
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_DOMAIN_NAME and the argument
as value.
.It Fl m Ar yp_master_name
Include an entry the in the map with the key YP_MASTER_NAME and the argument
as value.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr yp 8 ,
.Xr db 3 ,
.Xr ypxfr 8 ,
.Xr ypserv 8 
.Sh AUTHOR
Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>