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ypwhich(1) General Commands Manual ypwhich(1)

NAME

ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSIS

ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -Vn ] [ hostname ]
ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -t ] -m [ mname ]
ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION

ypwhich returns the name of the NIS server that supplies the NIS services to a NIS client, or which is the master for a map. If invoked without arguments, it gives the NIS server for the local machine. If hostname is specified, that machine is queried to find out which NIS master it is using.

OPTIONS

Specify a domain other than the default domain.
This option inhibits map nickname translation.
Find the master NIS server for a map. No hostname can be specified with the -m option. mname can be a mapname or nickname for a map. If mname is omitted, ypwhich will produce a list of available maps.
Display the map nickname translation table.
Version of ypbind(8), V3 is default. Use V2 for NIS clients not supporting IPv6.

FILES

/var/yp/nicknames
map nickname translation table.

SEE ALSO

domainname(8), nicknames(5), ypbind(8), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), yppoll(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8)

AUTHOR

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

April 2010 YP Tools 4.2.3