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31.\" $FreeBSD$
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33.Dd September 3, 2015
34.Dt YPWHICH 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm ypwhich
38.Nd return hostname of NIS server of map master
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Op Fl d Ar domain
42.Oo
43.Op Fl t
44.Fl m Oo Ar mname Oc | Ar host
45.Oc
46.Nm
47.Fl x
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51utility tells which
52.Tn NIS
53server supplies
54.Tn NIS
55services to a client, or which is the master for a map.
56If invoked without arguments, it gives the
57.Tn NIS
58server for the local machine.
59If
60.Ar host
61is specified, that machine is queried to find out
62which
63.Tn NIS
64server it is using.
65.Pp
66The options are as follows:
67.Bl -tag -width indent
68.It Fl d Ar domain
69Specify a domain other than the default domain.
70.It Fl t
71Inhibit translation of map nicknames
72to their corresponding map names.
73.It Fl m Op Ar mname
74Find the master
75.Tn NIS
76server for the named map.
77No
78.Ar host
79may be specified with the
80.Fl m
81option.
82The
83.Ar mname
84argument
85can be a map name or nickname.
86If
87.Ar mname
88is omitted,
89.Nm
90will produce a list of available maps.
91.It Fl x
92Display the map nickname table.
93.El
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Xr domainname 1 ,
96.Xr ypcat 1 ,
97.Xr ypmatch 1 ,
98.Xr yp 8 ,
99.Xr ypbind 8 ,
100.Xr yppoll 8 ,
101.Xr ypset 8
102.Sh AUTHORS
103.An Theo De Raadt
104