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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference
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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference

by Janice Winsor
September 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
1312 pages
33h 47m
English
Pearson
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yppoll Return Current Version of an NIS Map at an NIS Server Host

Synopsis

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

Description

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

Note

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed. The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications plc, and may not be used without permission.

Options

-d ypdomain Use ypdomain instead of the default domain.
-h host Ask the ypserv process at host about the map parameters. If you do not specify host, use the NIS server for ...
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