displays the status of the NIS client and slave services along with the domain name and the last time the local group cache was updated. It displays information tied to the NIS servers that the filer had tried. The IP address, binding type, state, binding status, the last poll time and the number of pending client calls are listed. The status of the NIS slave, name of the NIS master and last time the NIS master was contacted for updates is also displayed. Here is a sample output.
NIS domain is nistest20.mycompany.com
The group cache was last updated on Tue Mar 22 0:0:49 GMT 2005
IP Address Type State Bound Last Polled Client calls
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172.16.111.29 PREF ALIVE YES Tue Mar 22 02:44:49 GMT 2005 0
BCAST sent at Tue Mar 22 02:44:49 GMT 2005
172.16.111.30 BCAST ALIVE NO Tue Mar 22 02:44:49 GMT 2005 0
NIS Slave Enabled
NIS Master Server nwk-c72.nistest20.mycompany.com
NIS Map Last Checked Time Tue Mar 22 02:43:29 GMT 2005