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ypwhich(1) General Commands Manual ypwhich(1) 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 ser- vices 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 speci- fied 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 domainname(8), nicknames(5), ypbind(8), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), yp- poll(8), ypserv(8), yset(8) AUTHOR ypwhich is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>. YP Tools 2.7 May 1998 ypwhich(1)
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