NICKNAMES(5) File Formats Manual NICKNAMES(5)

NAME

nicknamesmap 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.
August 28, 2003 NetBSD 6.1