ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master
ypwhich [
-d domain ] [
-Vn ] [
hostname ]
ypwhich [
-d domain ] [
-t ]
-m [
mname ]
ypwhich -x
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.
-
-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), V3 is default. Use V2 for NIS
clients not supporting IPv6.
- /var/yp/nicknames
- map nickname translation table.
domainname(8),
nicknames(5),
ypbind(8),
ypcat(1),
ypmatch(1),
yppoll(8),
ypserv(8),
ypset(8)
ypwhich is part of the
yp-tools package, which was written by
Thorsten Kukuk <
[email protected]>.