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NAME

        ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSYS

        ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -Vn ] [ hostname ]
        ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -t ] -m [ mname ]
        ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION

        ypwhich  returns  the name of the NIS server that supplies the NIS ser‐
        vices to a NIS client, or which is the master for a  map.   If  invoked
        without  arguments,  it  gives the NIS server for the local machine. If
        hostname is specified, that machine is queried to find  out  which  NIS
        master it is using.

OPTIONS

        -d domain
               Specify a domain other than the default domain.
 
        -t     This option inhibits map nickname translation.
 
        -m mname
               Find the master NIS server for a map.  No hostname can be speci‐
               fied with the -m option.  mname can be a mapname or nickname for
               a  map.   If  mname  is  omitted, ypwhich will produce a list of
               available maps.
 
        -x     Display the map nickname translation table.
 
        -Vn    Version of ypbind(8), V2 is default.

FILES

        /var/yp/nicknames
               map nickname translation table.
        domainname(8),   nicknames(5),   ypbind(8),    ypcat(1),    ypmatch(1),
        yppoll(8), ypserv(8), yset(8)

AUTHOR

        ypwhich  is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten
        Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.