redhat man page for yptest

yptest(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 yptest(8)

NAME
       yptest - test NIS configuration

SYNOPSYS
       yptest [-q] [-d domain] [-h host] [-m map] [-u user]

DESCRIPTION
       yptest calls various NIS functions to check if the NIS configuration is correct and works as expected.

OPTIONS
       -q     Be quiet, don't print messages

       -d domainname
	      Specify a domain other than the default domain as returned by domainname(1).  This option is not supported by all tests.

       -h hostname
	      Query ypserv on hostname instead of the currently used one.  This option is not supported by all tests.

       -m map Use the map map for the tests instead of passwd.byname.  This option should be used if the default map does not exists.

       -u user
	      Use  the account user instead of nobody.	This option should be used if the nobody account does not exists in the map used for test-
	      ing ( passwd.byname or the one given with the -u option.

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

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

YP Tools 2.7							     May 2002								 yptest(8)