NAME
yppoll —
ask version of NIS map from
NIS server
SYNOPSIS
yppoll |
[-T]
[-h host]
[-d
domain] mapname |
DESCRIPTION
yppoll asks a NIS server process for the order number and
which host is the master server for
mapname.
The options are as follows:
-
-
- -T
- Use TCP protocol instead of UDP for request if the
-h option is present.
-
-
- -h
host
- Ask the NIS server process running on
host for information about
mapname. If host is not
specified, the server polled is the default server returned by
ypwhich(1).
-
-
- -d
domain
- Use the NIS domain domain instead of
the default domain as returned by
domainname(1).
SEE ALSO
domainname(1),
ypcat(1),
ypmatch(1),
ypwhich(1),
nis(8),
ypbind(8),
ypset(8)
AUTHORS
Theo de Raadt and John Brezak