NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       yppoll  - determine which version of a Network Information
       Service (NIS) map is at a master NIS server host

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       yppoll [-h host] [-d domain] mapname

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Ask the ypserv process at host about  the  map  parameters
       (order  number and master server for the map).  If host is
       not specified, the NIS server for the local host is  used.
       That   is,  the  default  host  is  the  one  returned  by
       ypwhich(1).  Use domain instead of the default domain.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The yppoll command asks a ypserv process for  the  domain,
       order  number,  and  master  NIS server (also known as map
       parameters) associated with the named map. If  the  server
       is a v.1 NIS protocol server, yppoll uses the older protocol
 to communicate with ypserv and uses the older diagnostic
 messages if a failure occurs.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: ypserv(8)

       Files: ypfiles(4)



                                                        yppoll(8)