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User Commands                                          ypwhich(1)



NAME
     ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSIS
     ypwhich [-d domain] [ [-t] -m [mname] | [-Vn] hostname]


     ypwhich -x


DESCRIPTION
     ypwhich returns the name of the NIS server that supplies the
     NIS  name  services  to a NIS client, or which 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.


     Refer to ypfiles(4) for an overview of the   NIS  name  ser-
     vices.

OPTIONS
     -d domain    Use domain instead of the default domain.


     -t           This option inhibits map nickname translation.


     -m mname     Find the master NIS server for a map.  No host-
                  name  can  be specified with -m. 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 translation table.


     -Vn          Version of  ypbind, V3 is default.


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:











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User Commands                                          ypwhich(1)



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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | system/network/nis          |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     ypfiles(4), attributes(5)














































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