nicknames
Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: April 2010
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NAME
/var/yp/nicknames - nickname translation table for NIS maps
DESCRIPTION
nicknames
contains a list of aliases and the corresponding NIS maps.
There is one entry per line. The default
nicknames
table looks like:
-
-
-
- passwd
-
passwd.byname
- group
-
group.byname
- networks
-
networks.byaddr
- hosts
-
hosts.byname
- protocols
-
protocols.bynumber
- services
-
services.byname
- aliases
-
mail.aliases
- ethers
-
ethers.byname
SEE ALSO
ypcat(1),
ypmatch(1),
ypserv(8),
ypwhich(1)
AUTHOR
The
yp-tools
package was written by Thorsten Kukuk <
kukuk@linux-nis.org>.