ypcat(1) General Commands Manual ypcat(1)
NAME
ypcat - print values from an Network Information Service (NIS) data base
SYNOPSIS
ypcat [-k] [-t] [-d domainname] mname
ypcat -x
OPTIONS
Displays information on the domain specified by domainname. Displays keys for maps in which values are null or key is not part of the
value. Inhibits translation of mname to mapname. For example, ypcat -t passwd
will fail because there is no map named passwd, whereas ypcat passwd
will be translated to ypcat passwd.byname. Displays map nickname table. This lists the nicknames (mnames) the command knows of, and
indicates the mapname associated with each nickname.
DESCRIPTION
The ypcat command prints values stored in an NIS map specified by mname, which may be either a mapname or a map nickname.
To look at the network-wide password database, passwd.byname, with the nickname passwd, type: ypcat passwd
SEE ALSO
domainname(1), ypmatch(1), ypfiles(4), ypserv(8)
ypcat(1)
