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Command: yppoll | Section: 8 | Source: Digital UNIX | File: yppoll.8.gz
yppoll(8) System Manager's Manual yppoll(8)
NAME
yppoll - determine which version of a Network Information Service (NIS)
map is at a master NIS server host.
SYNOPSIS
yppoll [ -h host ] [ -d domain ] mapname
DESCRIPTION
The yppoll command asks a ypserv process for the domain, order number,
and master NIS server (also known as map parameters) associated with
the named map. If the server is a v.1 NIS protocol server, yppoll uses
the older protocol to communicate with ypserv and uses the older diag-
nostic messages if a failure occurs.
FLAGS
-h host
Ask the ypserv process at host about the map parameters (order
number and master server for the map). If host is not speci-
fied, the NIS server for the local host is used. That is, the
default host is the one returned by ypwhich(1).
-d domain
Use domain instead of the default domain.
RELATED INFORMATION
ypfiles(4), ypserv(8) delim off
yppoll(8)