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>.

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