man ypwhich (Commandes) - return name of NIS server or map master
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
AUTHOR
ypwhich is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.