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ypmatch(1) General Commands Manual ypmatch(1) NAME ypmatch - print the value of one or more keys from an NIS map SYNOPSIS ypmatch [-d domain] [-k] [-t] key... mname ypmatch -x DESCRIPTION The ypmatch command prints the values associated with one or more keys from the Network Information Service (NIS) map (database) specified by mname, which may be either a mapname or a map nickname. Multiple keys can be specified. After the key values and the map name have been specified, ypmatch searches the map for all of the specified keys. The specified keys must be exact values in terms of capitaliza- tion and length. The ypmatch command does not have a pattern matching capability. If ypmatch cannot match a key, it produces a diagnostic message. The default list of mapnames served by NIS is as follows: passwd.by- name, passwd.byuid, group.byname, group.byuid, hosts.byname, hosts.byaddr, networks.byname, networks.byaddr, services.byname, rpc.bynumber, protocols.byname, protocols.bynumber, netgroup.byuser, netgroup.byhost, mail.alias. FLAGS -d Displays key values for specified domain. -k Displays key, followed by a colon (:), before displaying value of the key. This is useful if the keys are not duplicated in the re- turned values, or if the number of specified keys is so large that the output is confusing. -t Inhibits translation of nickname to mapname. For example, ypmatch -t zippy passwd fails because there is no map named passwd, while ypmatch zippy passwd succeeds because ypmatch translates it to yp- match zippy passwd.byname. -x Displays map nickname table. This option tells ypmatch to list the nicknames (mnames) with their associated mapnames. EXAMPLES The following are sample command lines that illustrate how to use the ypmatch command to access information in each of the maps: tab(@); lfHB lfHB lfR lfR lfR lfR lfR lfR . _ Mapname@Sample command _ passwd.byname@ypmatch user1 passwd.byname passwd.byuid@ypmatch uid1 passwd.byuid group.byname@ypmatch group1 group.byname group.byuid@yp- match gid1 group.bygid hosts.byname@ypmatch host1 host.byname hosts.byaddr@ypmatch hostaddr1 hosts.byaddr networks.byname@ypmatch network1 networks.byname networks.byaddr@ypmatch netaddr1 net- works.byaddr services.byname@ypmatch servport/tcp services.byname rpc.bynumber@ypmatch rpcnum rpc.bynumber protocols.byname@ypmatch proto1 protocols.byname protocols.bynumber@ypmatch protonum1 proto- cols.bynumber netgroup.byuser@ypmatch user1 netgroup.byuser net- group.byhost@ypmatch host1 netgroup.byhost mail.alias@ypmatch mail- group1 mail.alias _ RELATED INFORMATION ypfiles(4), ypcat(1) Network Administration delim off ypmatch(1)