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• ypwhich(1)
• nicknames(5)
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nicknames

NAME
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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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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