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nicknames(5) File Formats Manual nicknames(5)

/var/yp/nicknames - nickname translation table for NIS maps

nicknames contains a list of aliases and the corresponding NIS maps. There is one entry per line. The default nicknames table looks like:

passwd.byname
group.byname
networks.byaddr
hosts.byname
protocols.bynumber
services.byname
mail.aliases
ethers.byname

ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), ypwhich(1)

The yp-tools package was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.

April 2010 YP Tools 4.2.3