• ypserv: The NIS server daemon, started at boot time
• ypbind: The NIS client daemon, started at boot time
• domainname: Sets the NIS domain for a machine (runs at boot time)
• ypxfr: Downloads current version of a map from master server
• ypxfrd: Serves requests from ypxfr (runs on master server)
• yppush: Makes slave servers update their versions of a map
• makedbm: Builds a hashed map from a flat file
• ypmake: Rebuilds hashed maps from flat files that have changed
• ypinit: Configures a host as a master or slave server
• ypset: Makes ypbind connect to a particular serverb
• ypwhich: Finds out which server the current host is using
• yppoll: Finds out what version of a map a server is using
• ypcat: Prints the values contained in an NIS map
• ypmatch: Prints map entries for a specified key
• yppasswd: Changes a password on the NIS master server
• ypchfn: Changes GECOS information on the NIS master server
• ypchsh: Changes a login shell on NIS master server
• yppasswdd: The server for yppasswd, ypchsh, and ypchfn
• ypupdated: The server for updating NIS maps (managed by inetd)
