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yppoll(8) System Manager's Manual yppoll(8)

NAME

yppoll - return version and master server of a NIS map

SYNOPSIS

yppoll [ -h host ] [ -d domain ] mapname

DESCRIPTION

yppoll queries ypserv(8) which host the NIS master server for a named map is and what the order number of this map is.

OPTIONS

Ask the NIS server process running on host for information about mapname. If host is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by ypwhich(1).
Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(8).

SEE ALSO

domainname(8), ypbind(8), ypcat(8), ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), ypset(8), ypwhich(1)

AUTHOR

yppoll is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.

April 2010 YP Tools 4.2.3