ypwhich
—
return hostname of NIS server of map master
ypwhich |
[-T ] [-d
domain] [[-h ]
host] |
ypwhich |
[-fTt ] [-d
domain] [-h
host] -m
[mname] |
ypwhich
tells which NIS server supplies NIS services to
a client, or which is the master for a map. If invoked without arguments, it
gives the NIS server for the local machine. If host is
specified, that machine is queried to find out which NIS server it is using.
The options are as follows:
-d
domain
- Specify a domain other than the default domain.
-f
- When used in conjunction with
-m
, force
ypwhich
to query host
directly, without using the local copy of
ypbind(8).
-h
host
- Specify a host other than localhost to query for information.
-m
[mname]
- Find the master NIS server for the named map. mname
can be a map name or nickname. If mname is omitted,
ypwhich
will produce a list of available
maps.
-T
- Use TCP protocol instead of UDP.
-t
- Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding map
names.
-x
- Display the map nickname table, found in
/var/yp/nicknames. A built-in default translation
table is used if /var/yp/nicknames does not exist
(see nicknames(5) for
details).
ypwhich
exits with a non-zero exit code if
-m
is used, and there was a problem in determining the
map's master.
Charles D. Cranor
Greywolf