1.\" $NetBSD: yppoll.8,v 1.5 1997/10/06 00:57:09 lukem 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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.Dd October 25, 1994 38.Dt YPPOLL 8 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm yppoll 42.Nd ask version of YP map from YP server 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Op Fl h Ar host 46.Op Fl d Ar domain 47.Ar mapname 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49.Nm 50asks a YP server process for the order number and which host is the master 51server for 52.Ar mapname . 53.Pp 54The options are as follows: 55.Bl -tag -width indent 56.It Fl h Ar host 57Ask the YP server process running on 58.Ar host 59for information about 60.Ar mapname . 61If 62.Ar host 63is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by 64.Xr ypwhich 1 . 65.It Fl d Ar domain 66Use the YP domain 67.Ar domain 68instead of the default domain as returned by 69.Xr domainname 1 . 70.El 71.Sh SEE ALSO 72.Xr domainname 1 , 73.Xr ypcat 1 , 74.Xr ypmatch 1 , 75.Xr ypwhich 1 , 76.Xr yp 8 , 77.Xr ypbind 8 , 78.Xr ypset 8 79.Sh AUTHORS 80Theo de Raadt and John Brezak 81