yppoll(1M)                                             yppoll(1M)



NAME
     yppoll -  reports  the  version  of  a  Network  Information
     Service (NIS) map that is on an NIS server

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

ARGUMENTS
     -d domain
          Specifies the name of a domain.  If you do not use this
          option, yppoll uses the default domain, as returned by
          domainname.

     -h host
          Specifies the host to query about a map. If you do not
          use this option, yppoll queries the default host, as
          returned by ypwhich.  The value of host can be a host
          name, as specified in /etc/hosts, or an Internet
          address of the form ww.xx.yy.zz.

     mapname
          Specifies the name of the map that is the subject of
          the query. The value of mapname can be a long map name,
          such as passwd.byname, or a short map name, such as
          pwd.nm.  See Chapter 4, ``Setting Up the Network
          Information Server,'' in A/UX Network System
          Administration for the long and short map names.

DESCRIPTION
     yppoll queries the ypserv process on the local system (or,
     if you use the -h option, on a remote system) to find out
     the order number and the name of the host that is the master
     NIS server for the named map.  If ypserv process is a v.1
     NIS protocol server, yppoll uses the older protocol to
     communicate with it, as well as the older diagnostic
     messages in case of failure.

FILES
     /etc/yp/yppoll
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     ypserv(1M)

     ypfiles(4) in A/UX Programmer's Reference

     Chapter 4, ``Setting Up the Network Information Service,''
     in A/UX Network System Administration







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