NAME

yppoll — ask version of YP map from YP server

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

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

The options are as follows:

-d domain

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

-h 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).

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

Theo de Raadt and John Brezak