Nis Doubt... how to find the master server?

[Guna_2]

Hi,

I am sitting in a hp box which is a nis client. I got the domainname of the nis by issuing a command domainname.

But i want to know which node is serving the ypserver daemon? I mean which is the master nis server? How can i find this from a nis client?

Thanks and Regards
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[Redhat · Accepted solution]

ypwhich -m passwd

see man pages for ypwhich

[Guna_2]

Hi

Thanks. This what i want.

Thank you.
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[Steven Schweda]

It's safer to use plain "ypwhich -m", rather
than asking about a particular map, as there
could be different masters for different
maps. It may not happen much, but why take
the chance?

[Guna_2]

Hi,

Thats nice Steven.


#ypwhich
nis3.xxx.com
#ypwhich -m passwd
nis1

From this i could understand that nis1 is the master server and nis3 could be a slave server.


And from a slave server can i get what all are slave servers are available for this domain?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

ypcat -k ypservers
will list all the nis serveers and you already know the master

[Guna_2]

Hi,

Thanks, My problem got solved

Regards
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