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# yppoll - Unix, Linux Command

# NAME

yppoll - return version and master server of a NIS map

# SYNOPSYS

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

# DESCRIPTION

yppoll

# OPTIONS

Tag | Description
--- | ---
-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 <kukuk@suse.de>.

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