yppoll(8)

NAME

   yppoll - return version and master server of a NIS map

SYNOPSIS

   yppoll [ -h host ] [ -d domain ] mapname

DESCRIPTION

   yppoll  queries  ypserv(8) which host the NIS master server for a named
   map is and what the order number of this map is.

OPTIONS

   -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
          Specify a domain other than the default domain  as  returned  by
          domainname(8).

SEE ALSO

   domainname(8),  ypbind(8),  ypcat(8),  ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), ypset(8),
   ypwhich(1)

AUTHOR

   yppoll is part of the yp-tools package, which was written  by  Thorsten
   Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.

---

Free and Open Source Software