nicknames(5)

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

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

AUTHOR
The yp-tools package was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.