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YPWHICH(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		    YPWHICH(1)

NAME
     ypwhich — return hostname of NIS server of map master

SYNOPSIS
     ypwhich [-T] [-d domain] [[-h] host]
     ypwhich [-fTt] [-d domain] [-h host] -m [mname]
     ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION
     ypwhich tells which NIS server supplies NIS services to a client, or
     which is the master for a map.  If invoked without arguments, it gives
     the NIS server for the local machine.  If host is specified, that machine
     is queried to find out which NIS server it is using.

     The options are as follows:

     -d domain	 Specify a domain other than the default domain.

     -f		 When used in conjunction with -m, force ypwhich to query host
		 directly, without using the local copy of ypbind(8).

     -h host	 Specify a host other than localhost to query for information.

     -m [mname]	 Find the master NIS server for the named map.	mname can be a
		 map name or nickname.	If mname is omitted, ypwhich will pro‐
		 duce a list of available maps.

     -T		 Use TCP protocol instead of UDP.

     -t		 Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding
		 map names.

     -x		 Display the map nickname table, found in /var/yp/nicknames.
		 A built-in default translation table is used if
		 /var/yp/nicknames does not exist (see nicknames(5) for
		 details).

EXIT STATUS
     ypwhich exits with a non-zero exit code if -m is used, and there was a
     problem in determining the map's master.

SEE ALSO
     domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), nicknames(5), nis(8), ypbind(8),
     yppoll(8), ypset(8)

AUTHORS
     Charles D. Cranor
     Greywolf

BSD			       January 24, 2008				   BSD

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