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.Dd January 25, 2008
.Dt YPPOLL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm yppoll
.Nd ask version of NIS map from NIS server
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl d Ar domain
.Ar mapname
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
asks a
.Tn NIS
server process for the order number and which host is the master
server for
.Ar mapname .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl T
Use TCP protocol instead of UDP for request if
.Ar -h
option is present.
.It Fl h Ar host
Ask the
.Tn 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 .
.It Fl d Ar domain
Use the
.Tn NIS
domain
.Ar domain
instead of the default domain as returned by
.Xr domainname 1 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr domainname 1 ,
.Xr ypcat 1 ,
.Xr ypmatch 1 ,
.Xr ypwhich 1 ,
.Xr nis 8 ,
.Xr ypbind 8 ,
.Xr ypset 8
.Sh AUTHORS
Theo de Raadt and John Brezak