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 (8),
V2 is default.
FILES
- /var/yp/nicknames
- map nickname translation table.
SEE ALSO
domainname(8),
(5),
(8),
ypcat(1),
ypmatch(1),
(8),
(8),
yset(8)
AUTHOR
ypwhich is part of the yp-tools
package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.