The list of Network Information Service (NIS) references includes:
See "List of NIS Commands" in AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks for information about Network Information System NIS commands and daemons.
| yp_all | Transfers all of the key-value pairs from the NIS server to the client as the entire map. |
| yp_bind | Calls the ypbind daemon directly for processes that use backup strategies when NIS is not available. |
| yp_first | Returns the first key-value pair from the named NIS map in the named domain. |
| yp_get_default_domain | Gets the default domain of the node. |
| yp_master | Returns the machine name of the NIS master server for a map. |
| yp_match | Searches for the value associated with a key. |
| yp_next | Returns each subsequent value it finds in the named NIS map until it reaches the end of the list. |
| yp_order | Returns the order number for an NIS map that identifies when the map was built. |
| yp_unbind | Manages socket descriptors for processes that access multiple domains. |
| yp_update | Makes changes to the NIS map. |
| yperr_string | Returns a pointer to an error message string. |
| ypprot_err | Takes an NIS protocol error code as input and returns an error code to be used as input to a yperr_string subroutine. |
| ethers | Lists Ethernet addresses of hosts on the network. |
| netgroup | Lists the groups of users on the network. |
| netmasks | Lists network masks used to implement Internet Protocol standard subnetting. |
| publickey | Stores public or secret keys from NIS maps. |
| updaters | Contains a makefile for updating NIS maps. |
| xtab | Lists directories that are currently exported. |