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Command: nicknames | Section: 5 | Source: NetBSD | File: nicknames.5
NICKNAMES(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual NICKNAMES(5)
NAME
nicknames - map nickname translation file for NIS (YP)
DESCRIPTION
The ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), and ypwhich(1) commands reference NIS (YP) maps
as specified by the user. Occasionally it is desirable to use a
shorthand reference for a longer map name, hence the nicknames file, kept
in "/var/yp/nicknames."
The format of the file is
nickname map
one pair per line. The default installed nickname map is as follows:
passwd passwd.byname
group group.byname
networks networks.byaddr
hosts hosts.byname
protocols protocols.bynumber
services services.byname
aliases aliases.byname
ethers ethers.byname
master.passwd
master.passwd.byname
A blank or incomplete nicknames file will affect any scripts which use
nicknames for map lookup, whereas if the file is simply missing, the
default compiled-in list will be used.
SEE ALSO
ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypwhich(1)
HISTORY
The nicknames file first appeared in Solaris 2.4.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 August 28, 2003 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8