YPWHICH(8)              COMMAND REFERENCE              YPWHICH(8)



NAME
     ypwhich - which machine is the YP server

SYNOPSIS
     ypwhich [ -d domainname ] [ hostname ]

     ypwhich [ -d domainname ] [ -t ] -m [ mname ]

DESCRIPTION
     The command ypwhich tells which YP (Yellow Pages) server
     supplies Yellow Pages to a YP client, and which YP server is
     the master for a map.  If invoked without arguments, ypwhich
     gives the YP server for the local machine.  If hostname is
     specified, that machine is queried to find out which YP
     master it is using.

     If the -m switch is used without mname, a list of every map
     in the domain and the master of each will be printed.  If
     mname is specified, only the master YP server for that map
     is printed; mname may be a map name, or a nickname for a map
     name. Map names and nicknames are described in ypcat(1).

OPTIONS
     -d        Specify the name of a YP domain (domainname);
               default is the default domain for the local
               machine.

     -m        Find the master YP server for a map, or for all
               maps in a domain; specifying a hostname with -m is
               optional.

     -t        Inhibit nickname translation; useful if there is a
               map name identical to a nickname.

CAVEATS
     If you run ypbind at boot time, then type ypwhich before
     doing anything else, you receive an error message:

               Domain name_of_domain not bound where
               name_of_domain is local host's default domain.

     The only way to make sure you have YP services running is to
     run ypwhich again (the server's name is printed if the
     client is bound to a server).

SEE ALSO
     ypfiles(5), rpcinfo(8), yppush(8), ypserv(8).








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