yppoll(8)							    yppoll(8)



NAME
       yppoll - return version and master server of a NIS map

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


DESCRIPTION
       yppoll


OPTIONS
       -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
	      Specify  a  domain other than the default domain as returned by
	      domainname(1).

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


AUTHOR
       yppoll  is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten
       Kukuk .



YP Tools 2.8			   May 1998			    yppoll(8)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. host
2. as
3. which