ypwhich(1)							   ypwhich(1)



NAME
       ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSYS
       ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -Vn ] [ hostname ]
       ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -t ] -m [ mname ]
       ypwhich -x


DESCRIPTION
       ypwhich	returns the name of the NIS server that supplies the NIS ser-
       vices to a NIS client, or which is the master for a map.	  If  invoked
       without	arguments,  it gives the NIS server for the local machine. If
       hostname is specified, that machine is queried to find out  which  NIS
       master it is using.

OPTIONS
       -d domain
	      Specify a domain other than the default domain.

       -t     This option inhibits map nickname translation.

       -m mname
	      Find the master NIS server for a map.  No hostname can be spec-
	      ified with the -m option.	 mname can be a mapname	 or  nickname
	      for a map.  If mname is omitted, ypwhich will produce a list of
	      available maps.

       -x     Display the map nickname translation table.

       -Vn    Version of ypbind(8), V2 is default.


FILES
       /var/yp/nicknames
	      map nickname translation table.

SEE ALSO
       domainname(8),	nicknames(5),	ypbind(8),   ypcat(1),	  ypmatch(1),
       yppoll(8), ypserv(8), yset(8)


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



YP Tools 2.8			   May 1998			   ypwhich(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. hostname
2. which
3. find