1.\" $NetBSD: yppoll.8,v 1.11 2011/04/25 22:34:46 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Jason R. Thorpe. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd January 25, 2008 31.Dt YPPOLL 8 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm yppoll 35.Nd ask version of NIS map from NIS server 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Op Fl T 39.Op Fl h Ar host 40.Op Fl d Ar domain 41.Ar mapname 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43.Nm 44asks a 45.Tn NIS 46server process for the order number and which host is the master 47server for 48.Ar mapname . 49.Pp 50The options are as follows: 51.Bl -tag -width indent 52.It Fl T 53Use TCP protocol instead of UDP for request if the 54.Fl h 55option is present. 56.It Fl h Ar host 57Ask the 58.Tn NIS 59server process running on 60.Ar host 61for information about 62.Ar mapname . 63If 64.Ar host 65is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by 66.Xr ypwhich 1 . 67.It Fl d Ar domain 68Use the 69.Tn NIS 70domain 71.Ar domain 72instead of the default domain as returned by 73.Xr domainname 1 . 74.El 75.Sh SEE ALSO 76.Xr domainname 1 , 77.Xr ypcat 1 , 78.Xr ypmatch 1 , 79.Xr ypwhich 1 , 80.Xr nis 8 , 81.Xr ypbind 8 , 82.Xr ypset 8 83.Sh AUTHORS 84Theo de Raadt and John Brezak 85