ypserv 2.19 review

ypserv package contains the daemons ypserv, rpc.ypxfrd, rpc.yppasswdd and the programs yppush, ypxfr, makedbm, revnetgroup and ypinit

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 244K Developer: Thorsten Kukuk

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ypserv package contains the daemons ypserv, rpc.ypxfrd, rpc.yppasswdd and the programs yppush, ypxfr, makedbm, revnetgroup and ypinit.

The Network Information Service (NIS) provides a simple network lookup service consisting of databases and processes. It was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP).

The functionality of the two remains the same, only the name has changed. Its purpose is to provide information, that has to be known throughout the network, to all machines on the network.

What's New in This Release:
This release fixes a crash in the SLP handler if the local hostname is not resolvable.