NAME

ypwhich − what machine is the NIS server? 

SYNOPSIS

ypwhich [ −d domainname ] [ hostname ] ypwhich [ −d domainname ] [ −t ] −m [ mname ]

DESCRIPTION

ypwhich tells which NIS server supplies Network Information Service to a NIS client, and which NIS server is the master for a map.  If invoked without arguments, it gives the NIS server for the local machine.  If hostname is specified, that machine is queried to find out which NIS master it is using.  If the −m switch is used without mname, a list of every map in the domain and the master of each will be printed.  If mname is specified, only the master NIS server for that map is printed.  mname may be a mapname, or a nickname for a mapname.  Mapnames and nicknames are described in ypcat(1). 

OPTIONS

−d Domainname specifies the name of a NIS domain.  The default is the default domain for the local machine. 

−m Find the master NIS server for a map, or for all maps in a domain.  No hostname may be specified with −m. 

−t Inhibit nickname translation; useful if there is a mapname identical to a nickname.  This is not true of any Sony-supplied map. 

SEE ALSO

ypcat(1), ypfiles(5), rpcinfo(8C), yppush(8), ypserv(8)

NEWS-OSRelease 4.1C