centos man page for nicknames

Query: nicknames

OS: centos

Section: 5

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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 2.14 April 2010 nicknames(5)
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