Manual page for YPWHICH(1)
ypwhich - which host is the YP server or map master?
SYNOPSIS
ypwhich
[
-d
[
domain
]
]
[
-V1
|
-V2
]
[
hostname
]
ypwhich
[
-t
mapname
]
[
-d
domain
]
-m
[
mname
]
ypwhich -x
DESCRIPTION
ypwhich
tells which YP server supplies yellow pages services to a YP client,
or which is the master for a map.
If invoked without arguments, it gives the YP server
for the local machine. If
hostname
is specified, that machine is queried
to find out which YP master it is using.
Refer to ypfiles(5) and ypserv(8) for an overview of the yellow
pages.
OPTIONS
- -d
-
Use
domain
instead of the default domain.
- -V1
-
Which server is serving v.1 YP protocol-speaking client processes?
- -V2
-
Which server is serving v.2 YP protocol client processes?
If neither version is specified,
ypwhich
attempts attempts to locate the server that supplies the
(current) v.2 services. If there is no v.2 server currently
bound,
ypwhich
then attempts to locate the server supplying the v.1 services.
Since YP servers and YP clients are both backward compatible,
the user need seldom be concerned about which version is currently in
use.
- -t mapname
-
Inhibit nickname translation;
useful if there is a mapname identical to a nickname.
- -m
-
Find the master YP server for a map. No
hostname
can be specified with
-m.
mname
can be a mapname, or a nickname for a map. When
mname
is omitted, produce a list available maps.
- -x
-
Display the map nickname table.
This lists the nicknames (mnames)
the command knows of, and indicates the
mapname
associated with each
nickname.
SEE ALSO
ypfiles(5), rpcinfo(8), ypset(8), ypserv(8)
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97
