nicknames(5) - Linux man page
Name
/var/yp/nicknames - nickname translation table for NIS maps
Description
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
- networks
See Also
ypcat(1), ypmatch(1), ypserv(8), ypwhich(1)
Author
The yp-tools package was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>.