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.TH nicknames 5 "April 2010" "YP Tools 3.3"
.SH NAME
/var/yp/nicknames - nickname translation table for NIS maps
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B nicknames
contains a list of aliases and the corresponding NIS maps.
There is one entry per line. The default
.B nicknames
table looks like:
.RS
.TP 25
.PD 0
.TP
\f3passwd
\f3passwd.byname
.TP
\f3group
\f3group.byname
.TP
\f3networks
\f3networks.byaddr
.TP
\f3hosts
\f3hosts.byname
.TP
\f3protocols
\f3protocols.bynumber
.TP
\f3services
\f3services.byname
.TP
\f3aliases
\f3mail.aliases
.TP
\f3ethers
\f3ethers.byname
.LP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ypcat (1),
.BR ypmatch (1),
.BR ypserv (8),
.BR ypwhich (1)
.LP
.SH AUTHOR
The
.B yp-tools
package was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.