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NAME
     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
     The command ypwhich tells which Yellow Pages (YP) server
     supplies Yellow Pages services to a YP client, or which is
     the master for a map.  If invoked without arguments, ypwhich
     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
     -ddomain            Use domain instead of the default
                         domain.

     -V1                 Which server is serving version 1 YP
                         protocol-speaking client processes?

     -V2                 Which server is serving version 2 YP
                         protocol client processes?  If neither
                         version is specified, ypwhich attempts
                         to locate the server that supplies the
                         (current) version 2 services.  If there
                         is no version 2 server currently bound,
                         ypwhich then attempts to locate the
                         server supplying the version 1 services.
                         Since YP servers and YP clients are both
                         backward compatible, you need seldom be
                         concerned about which version is
                         currently in use.

     -tmapname           Inhibit nickname translation; useful if
                         there is a mapname identical to a
                         nickname.

     -m                  Find the master YP server for a map.  It
                         is not necessary to specify a hostname
                         with the -m option; mname can be a
                         mapname or a nickname for a map.  When
                         mname is omitted, produce a list of
                         available maps.

     -x                  Display the map nickname table.  This
                         lists the nicknames (mnames) the command



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                         knows of, and indicates the mapname
                         associated with each nickname.

CAVEATS
     If ypbind has just been started, and no other process
     accesses the Yellow Pages services before ypwhich is called,
     you receive this message:

          Domain name_of_domain not bound.

     If you run ypwhich again, the correct server's name is
     printed.

SEE ALSO
     ypfiles(5), rpcinfo(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8).








































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