YPPOLL(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures YPPOLL(8)

yppoll - return current version of a NIS map at a NIS server host 

/usr/sbin/yppoll [-d ypdomain] [-h host] mapname

The yppoll command asks a ypserv() process what the order number is, and which host is the master NIS server for the named map.

-d ypdomain
Use ypdomain instead of the default domain.

-h host

Ask the ypserv process at host about the map parameters. If host is not specified, the NIS server for the local host is used. That is, the default host is the one returned by ypwhich(1).

ypwhich(1), ypfiles(5), attributes(7)

September 14, 1992 OmniOS