ypwhich (1)

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Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Thorsten Kukuk
This file is part of the yp-tools.
Author: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>

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NAME

ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSYS

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

-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.

FILES

/var/yp/nicknames

map nickname translation table.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

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