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Dd January 25, 2008
Dt YPPOLL 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm yppoll
Nd ask version of NIS map from NIS server
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl T
Op Fl h Ar host
Op Fl d Ar domain
Ar mapname
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
asks a
Tn NIS
server process for the order number and which host is the master
server for
Ar mapname .
Pp
The options are as follows:
Bl -tag -width indent
It Fl T
Use TCP protocol instead of UDP for request if the
Fl h
option is present.
It Fl h Ar host
Ask the
Tn NIS
server process running on
Ar host
for information about
Ar mapname .
If
Ar host
is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by
Xr ypwhich 1 .
It Fl d Ar domain
Use the
Tn NIS
domain
Ar domain
instead of the default domain as returned by
Xr domainname 1 .
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr domainname 1 ,
Xr ypcat 1 ,
Xr ypmatch 1 ,
Xr ypwhich 1 ,
Xr nis 8 ,
Xr ypbind 8 ,
Xr ypset 8
Sh AUTHORS
Theo de Raadt and John Brezak
