yppoll(8)

yppoll8

Ask version of yp map from yp server

Usage

yppoll [-d domain] [-h host] mapname

Overview

yppoll asks a YP server process for the order number and which host is the master server for mapname.

The options are as follows:

-d domain

Use the YP domain domain instead of the default domain as returned by domainname(1).

-h host

Ask the YP server process running on host for information about mapname. If host is not specified, the server polled is the default server returned by ypwhich(1).

Releases

61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 6 times.

  1. 2.1–2.4
  2. 2.5–2.8
  3. 2.9–4.0
  4. 4.1
  5. 4.2–4.3
  6. 4.4–5.6
  7. 5.7–8.0

Authors

Theo de Raadt and John Brezak

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.