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probenis(8)							   probenis(8)

NAME
       probenis - Probes for existence of NIS server

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/probenis [-t timeout] domain

DESCRIPTION
       The probenis command probes the network to determine whether or not NIS
       is available.  Although part of the JOIN package, it does  not  explic‐
       itly  depend  on the configuration database and can be used standalone.
       It is chiefly of use on nomadic machines to prevent the	invocation  of
       ypbind on a network where NIS is unavailable.

       It  uses broadcast RPC to make a call to YPPROC_DOMAIN_NONACK, and then
       waits for a reply to be received or a timeout.  Unless changed  on  the
       command	line,  the  default timeout for RPC is used (currently 25 sec‐
       onds). The probenis command takes no action other than to set  an  exit
       code: zero if NIS appears to be running, nonzero otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       Commands: ypbind(8)

       Information: dhcp(7)

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