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

YPMATCH(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						YPMATCH(1)

NAME

     ypmatch -- print the values of one or more keys in a NIS database

SYNOPSIS

     ypmatch [-ktz] [-d domainname] key ... mapname
     ypmatch -x

DESCRIPTION

     ypmatch prints out the values of one or more keys from the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a map name or a map nickname.

     The options are as follows:

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

     -k      Print the map key followed by a colon, before printing key value.	This option is useful with maps in which the values are null or
	     the key is not part of the value.

     -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).

     -z      Append a NUL character at the end of the key when doing the lookup.  This is useful for mail.aliases maps, which include a trailing
	     NUL in the keys.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

     Theo De Raadt
     Greywolf

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								   June 20, 2009							       BSD