YPWHICH(1)                                                          YPWHICH(1)


NAME
     ypwhich - print the NIS server or map master hostname

SYNOPSIS
     ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -V1 | -V2 ] [ hostname ]
     ypwhich [ -t ] [ -d domain ] -m [ mname ]
     ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION
     ypwhich tells which network information service (NIS) server supplies NIS
     services to an NIS client, or which server is the master for a map.  If
     invoked without arguments, it prints the NIS server for the local
     machine.  If hostname is specified, that machine is queried to find out
     which NIS server it is using.

     Refer to ypfiles(4) and nis(1M) for an overview of NIS.

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

     -m mname
             Find the master NIS server for a map.  No hostname can be
             specified with -m.  mname can be a mapname, or a nickname for a
             map. If mname is not specified, ypwhich lists the names of all
             the maps and their master server.

     -t      Inhibit nickname translation.  This option is useful if there is
             a mapname identical to a nickname, which is not true of any
             IRIX-supplied map.

     -x      Display the map nickname table.  This lists the nicknames
             (mnames) the command knows of, and indicates the mapname
             associated with each nickname.

SEE ALSO
     rpcinfo(1M), nis(1M), ypset(1M), ypfiles(4)


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