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¶
- -h host
- 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).
- -d domain
- 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 |