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ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master
ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -Vn ] [ hostname ]
ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -t ] -m [ mname ]
ypwhich -x
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.
- -d domain
- Specify a domain other than the default domain.
- -t
- This option inhibits map nickname translation.
- -m mname
- 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.
- -x
- Display the map nickname translation table.
- -Vn
- Version of ypbind(8)
, V2 is default.
- /var/yp/nicknames
- map nickname
translation table.
domainname(8)
, nicknames(5)
, ypbind(8)
, ypcat(1)
,
ypmatch(1)
, yppoll(8)
, ypserv(8)
, ypset(8)
ypwhich is part of the
yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.
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