NetBSD/usr.bin/ypwhich/ypwhich.1

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.Dd November 4, 1997
.Dt YPWHICH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ypwhich
.Nd return hostname of YP server of map master
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d Ar domain
.Oo
.Op Fl h
.Ar host
.Oc
.Nm ""
.Op Fl d Ar domain
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl t
.Fl m Op Ar mname
.Nm ""
.Fl x
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
tells which
.Tn YP
server supplies
.Tn YP
services to a client, or which is the master for a map.
If invoked without arguments, it gives the
.Tn YP
server for the local machine.
If
.Ar host
is specified, that machine is queried to find out
which
.Tn YP
server it is using.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl d Ar domain
Specify a domain other than the default domain.
.It Fl h Ar host
Specify a host other than localhost to query for information.
.It Fl f
When used in conjunction with
.Fl m ,
force
.Nm
to query
.Ar host
directly, without using the local copy of
.Xr ypbind 8 .
.It Fl t
Inhibit translation of map nicknames
to their corresponding map names.
.It Fl m Op Ar mname
Find the master
.Tn YP
server for the named map.
.Ar mname
can be a map name or nickname.  If
.Ar mname
is ommitted,
.Nm
will produce a list of available maps.
.It Fl x
Display the map nickname table.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr domainname 1 ,
.Xr ypcat 1 ,
.Xr ypmatch 1 ,
.Xr yp 8 ,
.Xr ypbind 8 ,
.Xr yppoll 8 ,
.Xr ypset 8
.Sh AUTHOR
Charles D. Cranor