YPPOLL(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

YPPOLL(8) - System Manager’s Manual

NAME #

yppoll - ask version of YP map from YP server

SYNOPSIS #

yppoll [-d domain] [-h host] mapname

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

OpenBSD 7.5 - September 8, 2014