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37 which NIS server process to use
47 process on the current machine which
49 server process to communicate with.
52 is down or is not running a
54 server process, it is not discovered until
57 client process attempts to access a
61 tests the binding and takes appropriate action.
64 is most useful for binding a
66 client that is not on the same broadcast
67 network as the closest
69 server, but can also be used for debugging
72 configuration, testing specific
75 programs, or binding to a specific server when there are many servers on
76 the local network supplying
80 The options are as follows:
81 .Bl -tag -width indent
87 instead of the local machine.
93 instead of the default domain as returned by