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31.Dd September 3, 2015
32.Dt YPWHICH 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ypwhich
36.Nd return hostname of NIS server of map master
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl d Ar domain
40.Oo
41.Op Fl t
42.Fl m Oo Ar mname Oc | Ar host
43.Oc
44.Nm
45.Fl x
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility tells which
50.Tn NIS
51server supplies
52.Tn NIS
53services to a client, or which is the master for a map.
54If invoked without arguments, it gives the
55.Tn NIS
56server for the local machine.
57If
58.Ar host
59is specified, that machine is queried to find out
60which
61.Tn NIS
62server it is using.
63.Pp
64The options are as follows:
65.Bl -tag -width indent
66.It Fl d Ar domain
67Specify a domain other than the default domain.
68.It Fl t
69Inhibit translation of map nicknames
70to their corresponding map names.
71.It Fl m Op Ar mname
72Find the master
73.Tn NIS
74server for the named map.
75No
76.Ar host
77may be specified with the
78.Fl m
79option.
80The
81.Ar mname
82argument
83can be a map name or nickname.
84If
85.Ar mname
86is omitted,
87.Nm
88will produce a list of available maps.
89.It Fl x
90Display the map nickname table.
91.El
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr domainname 1 ,
94.Xr ypcat 1 ,
95.Xr ypmatch 1 ,
96.Xr yp 8 ,
97.Xr ypbind 8 ,
98.Xr yppoll 8 ,
99.Xr ypset 8
100.Sh AUTHORS
101.An Theo De Raadt
102