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.Dd September 3, 2015 .Dt YPPOLL 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm yppoll .Nd ask version of NIS map from NIS server .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm yppoll .Op Fl d Ar domain .Op Fl h Ar host .Ar mapname .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm asks a NIS server process for the order number and which host is the master server for .Ar mapname .

p The options are as follows: l -tag -width Ds t Fl d Ar domain Use the NIS domain .Ar domain instead of the default domain as returned by .Xr domainname 1 . t Fl h Ar host Ask the NIS server process running on .Ar host for information about .Ar mapname . If .Ar host is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by .Xr ypwhich 1 . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr domainname 1 , .Xr ypcat 1 , .Xr ypmatch 1 , .Xr ypwhich 1 , .Xr yp 8 , .Xr ypbind 8 , .Xr ypset 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit .An Theo de Raadt and .An John Brezak