nicknames(5) [netbsd man page]

NICKNAMES(5)						      BSD 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.

BSD
								  August 28, 2003							       BSD

ypwhich(1)						      General Commands Manual							ypwhich(1)

NAME

       ypwhich - return name of NIS server or map master

SYNOPSYS

       ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -Vn ] [ hostname ]
       ypwhich [ -d domain ] [ -t ] -m [ mname ]
       ypwhich -x

DESCRIPTION

       ypwhich	returns  the  name of the NIS server that supplies the NIS services to a NIS client, or which is the master for a map.	If invoked
       without arguments, it gives the NIS server for the local machine. If hostname is specified, that machine is queried to find out	which  NIS
       master it is using.

OPTIONS

       -d domain
	      Specify a domain other than the default domain.

       -t     This option inhibits map nickname translation.

       -m mname
	      Find  the  master  NIS server for a map.	No hostname can be specified with the -m option.  mname can be a mapname or nickname for a
	      map.  If mname is omitted, ypwhich will produce a list of available maps.

       -x     Display the map nickname translation table.

       -Vn    Version of ypbind(8), V2 is default.

FILES

       /var/yp/nicknames
	      map nickname translation table.

SEE ALSO

       domainname(8), nicknames(5), ypbind(8), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), yppoll(8), ypserv(8), yset(8)

AUTHOR

       ypwhich is part of the yp-tools package, which was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.

YP Tools 2.7							     May 1998								ypwhich(1)