NAME
ypwhich
- return hostname of NIS server of map master
SYNOPSIS
ypwhich
[-d domain]
[[-h] host]
[-T]
ypwhich
[-d domain]
[-h host]
[-f]
[-t]
[-T]
-m[ mname]
ypwhich
-x
DESCRIPTION
ypwhich
tells which
NIS
server supplies
NIS
services to a client, or which is the master for a map.
If invoked without arguments, it gives the
NIS
server for the local machine.
If
host
is specified, that machine is queried to find out which
NIS
server it is using.
The options are as follows:
- -d domain
-
Specify a domain other than the default domain.
- -h host
-
Specify a host other than localhost to query for information.
- -f
-
When used in conjunction with
-m,
force
ypwhich
to query
host
directly, without using the local copy of
ypbind(8).
- -t
-
Inhibit translation of map nicknames
to their corresponding map names.
- -T
-
Use TCP protocol instead of UDP.
- -m[ mname]
-
Find the master
NIS
server for the named map.
mname
can be a map name or nickname.
If
mname
is omitted,
ypwhich
will produce a list of available maps.
- -x
-
Display the map nickname table.
ypwhich
exits with a non-zero exit code if
-m
is used, and there was a problem in determining the map's master.
SEE ALSO
domainname(1),
ypcat(1),
ypmatch(1),
nis(8),
ypbind(8),
yppoll(8),
ypset(8)
AUTHORS
Charles D. Cranor