ypwhich(1)
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>.