NAME
yppoll
- ask version of NIS map from NIS server
SYNOPSIS
yppoll
[-T]
[-h host]
[-d domain]
mapname
DESCRIPTION
yppoll
asks a
NIS
server process for the order number and which host is the master
server for
mapname.
The options are as follows:
- -T
-
Use TCP protocol instead of UDP for request if
-h
option is present.
- -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
-
Use the
NIS
domain
domain
instead of the default domain as returned by
domainname(1).
SEE ALSO
domainname(1),
ypcat(1),
ypmatch(1),
ypwhich(1),
nis(8),
ypbind(8),
ypset(8)
AUTHORS
Theo de Raadt and John Brezak