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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)