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ypwhich(1) -- Linux man page
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>.
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