yppoll(8)

NAME
yppoll - return version and master server of a NIS map

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

DESCRIPTION
yppoll queries ypserv(8) which host the NIS master server for a named map is and what the order number of this map is.

OPTIONS

-h host
    Ask the NIS server process running on host for information about mapname. If host is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by ypwhich(1).

-d domain
    Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(8).

SEE ALSO
domainname(8), ypbind(8), ypcat(8), ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), ypset(8), ypwhich(1)

AUTHOR
yppoll is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.