nisping — Send ping to NIS+ Servers
Synopsis
/usr/lib/nis/nisping [-uf][-H hostname][-r | directory] /usr/lib/nis/nisping -C [-a][-H hostname][directory]
Description
Use the nisping command to send a ping to replica servers, telling them to ask the master service for immediate updates.
In the first synopsis, the nisping command sends a ping to all replicas of an NIS+ directory. Once a replica receives a ping, it checks with the master server for the directory from which to get updates. Before pinging the replicas, nisping tries to determine the last update "seen" by a replica and the last update logged by the master. If these two timestamps are the same, the ping is not sent. You can use the -f (force) option to override this feature.
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