YPWHICH(1) | General Commands Manual | YPWHICH(1)

# NAME

`ypwhich` — return hostname of YP server or map master

# SYNOPSIS

`ypwhich` | [`-t`] [`-d` domain] [[`-h`] host]

`ypwhich` | [`-t`] [`-d` domain] [`-h` host] `-m` [mname]

`ypwhich` | `-x`

# DESCRIPTION

`ypwhich` tells which YP server supplies YP services to a client, or which is the master for a map. If invoked without arguments, it gives the YP server for the local machine. If host is specified, that machine is queried to find out which YP server it is using.

The options are as follows:

`-d` domain
  Specify a domain other than the default domain.
`-h` host
  Specify which host to query.
`-m` [mname]
  Find the master YP server for the named map. The host to query, if non-default, must be specified using the `-h` option. mname can be a map name or nickname. If mname is omitted, `ypwhich` will produce a list of available maps.
`-t`
  Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding map names.
`-x`
  Display the map nickname table.

# SEE ALSO

domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), yp(8), ypbind(8), yppoll(8), ypset(8)

# AUTHORS

Theo de Raadt

January 17, 2019 | Debian