NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       /var/yp/nicknames - nickname translation table for NIS maps

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), ypwhich(1)

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  yp-tools  package  was  written  by  Thorsten  Kukuk
       <[email protected]>.



YP Tools 2.5			   May 1999			  nicknames(5)