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Subject: Re: NIS: Handbook sec. 15.5.3.2.2. 
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:17:28 -0500
From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>
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>I have a question about how to keep the slave servers updated.  In the
>handbook section there is a reference to
>	 "...entries on your slave servers should do the job:
>20	*	*	*	*	root	/usr/libexec/ypxfr
>passwd.byname
>21	*	*	*	*	root	/usr/libexec/ypxfr
>passwd.byuid"
>
>The handbook does not indicate where these two lines should go.
>
>Where should these lines go and could you include a short paragraph
>explaining a little more about what their inclusion will do/change?

They should go in /etc/crontab.  There is a section in the ypxfr(8)
man page that explains their purpose.  About the 4th paragraph down.

-Mitch


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