NFS/YP alternative

[Stephen X. Nahm]

In article <580 at n8emr.UUCP> lwv at n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes:
>I have two questions.  First, can anyone explain why Yellow Pages requires
>the files served to be in a DBM format?

YP doesn't require this.  The implementation of YP that Sun has built is based
on DBM.  However, YP is an ONC service, and the interface that defines it is
its protocol specification.  An RPCGEN-ready version of this specification is
included in the latest release of RPCSRC, version 3.9, which is the unlicensed
implementation of RPC/XDR and associated utilities.

A YP server can use any data storage technology it pleases to manage the data
under its purview.

Steve Nahm                              sxn at sun.COM or sun!sxn