nicknames(5) File Formats Manual nicknames(5)
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>.
YP Tools 2.12 April 2010 nicknames(5)
