nicknames(5) [netbsd man page]

NICKNAMES(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual						      NICKNAMES(5)

NAME

     nicknames -- map nickname translation file for NIS (YP)

DESCRIPTION

     The ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), and ypwhich(1) commands reference NIS (YP) maps as specified by the user.  Occasionally it is desirable to use a
     shorthand reference for a longer map name, hence the nicknames file, kept in ``/var/yp/nicknames.''

     The format of the file is

	   nickname map

     one pair per line.  The default installed nickname map is as follows:

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

     A blank or incomplete nicknames file will affect any scripts which use nicknames for map lookup, whereas if the file is simply missing, the
     default compiled-in list will be used.

SEE ALSO

     ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypwhich(1)

HISTORY

     The nicknames file first appeared in Solaris 2.4.

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								  August 28, 2003							       BSD

YPWHICH(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						YPWHICH(1)

NAME

     ypwhich -- return hostname of NIS server of map master

SYNOPSIS

     ypwhich [-T] [-d domain] [[-h] host]
     ypwhich [-fTt] [-d domain] [-h host] -m [mname]
     ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION

     ypwhich tells which NIS server supplies NIS services to a client, or which is the master for a map.  If invoked without arguments, it gives
     the NIS server for the local machine.  If host is specified, that machine is queried to find out which NIS server it is using.

     The options are as follows:

     -d domain	 Specify a domain other than the default domain.

     -f 	 When used in conjunction with -m, force ypwhich to query host directly, without using the local copy of ypbind(8).

     -h host	 Specify a host other than localhost to query for information.

     -m [mname]  Find the master NIS server for the named map.	mname can be a map name or nickname.  If mname is omitted, ypwhich will produce a
		 list of available maps.

     -T 	 Use TCP protocol instead of UDP.

     -t 	 Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding map names.

     -x 	 Display the map nickname table, found in /var/yp/nicknames.  A built-in default translation table is used if /var/yp/nicknames
		 does not exist (see nicknames(5) for details).

EXIT STATUS

     ypwhich exits with a non-zero exit code if -m is used, and there was a problem in determining the map's master.

SEE ALSO

     domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), nicknames(5), nis(8), ypbind(8), yppoll(8), ypset(8)

AUTHORS

     Charles D. Cranor
     Greywolf

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								 January 24, 2008							       BSD