Query: yppoll
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Section: 8
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YPPOLL(8) BSD System Manager's Manual YPPOLL(8)NAMEyppoll -- ask version of NIS map from NIS serverSYNOPSISyppoll [-T] [-h host] [-d domain] mapnameDESCRIPTIONyppoll asks a NIS server process for the order number and which host is the master server for mapname. The options are as follows: -T Use TCP protocol instead of UDP for request if the -h option is present. -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 Use the NIS domain domain instead of the default domain as returned by domainname(1).SEE ALSOdomainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypwhich(1), nis(8), ypbind(8), ypset(8)AUTHORSTheo de Raadt and John BrezakBSDJanuary 25, 2008 BSD