nicknames(5)

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💅 nicknames(5) — the nickname translation table for NIS maps, bestie

okay so real quick, this is a File Formats Manual page, section 5, and the file we're talking about is literally called nicknames 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

/var/yp/nicknames — the nickname translation table for NIS maps

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

nicknames holds a list of aliases and the NIS maps they point to. It's giving matchmaker energy fr fr — you say the cute short name, it hands you the actual map. 💖

One entry per line. That's it. That's the whole vibe.

The default nicknames table looks exactly like this:

passwd                   passwd.byname
group                    group.byname
networks                 networks.byaddr
hosts                    hosts.byname
protocols                protocols.bynumber
services                 services.byname
aliases                  mail.aliases
ethers                   ethers.byname
no cap, that's the whole default file. copy it character for character if you're setting it up, okay? 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

The yp-tools package was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>. iconic behavior honestly, we stan. ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this was YP Tools 4.2.3, dated April 2010 — so like, vintage, but the vibes are still immaculate. slay. 💜

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