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YPPOLL(8) System Manager's Manual YPPOLL(8)

yppollask version of YP map from YP server

yppoll [-d domain] [-h host] mapname

yppoll asks a YP server process for the order number and which host is the master server for mapname.

The options are as follows:

domain
Use the YP domain domain instead of the default domain as returned by domainname(1).
host
Ask the YP 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).

domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypwhich(1), yp(8), ypbind(8), ypset(8)

Theo de Raadt and John Brezak

September 8, 2014 OpenBSD-7.0