HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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yppoll(1M) yppoll(1M)
NAME
yppoll - query NIS server for information about NIS map
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/yppoll [-h host][-d domain] mapname
Remarks
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (yp). Although the name has
changed, the functionality of the service remains the same.
DESCRIPTION
yppoll asks a Network Information Service (NIS) server process (see ypserv(1M)) to return the order
number (the time in seconds when the map was built − time(2)) and master NIS server’s host name for a
NIS database named mapname. yppoll then writes them to standard output. If the server uses Version
1 NIS protocol, yppoll uses this older protocol to communicate with it. yppoll also prints the old style
diagnostic messages in case of failure.
See ypfiles(4) and ypserv(1M) for an overview of Network Information Service.
Options
-h host Ask the ypserv process on host to return the map information (see ypserv(1M)). If -
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host is not specified, the host returned by ypwhich is used (see ypwhich(1)).
-d domain Use domain instead of the domain returned by domainname (see domainname(1)).
AUTHOR
yppoll was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSO
domainname(1), ypwhich(1), ypserv(1M), ypfiles(4).
HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000 − 1 − Section 1M−−1081
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