Network Information Service (NIS) B.11.31.02 Administrator's Guide

The ypbind protocol version v1 is obsolete and any request from the NIS client that
specifically requests to use the ypbind protocol version v1 is rejected.
• Files for Resolving Map Nicknames
The NIS commands, ypcat and ypmatch, use the /var/yp/nicknames file to resolve the
map nicknames.
Following are the contents of the /var/yp/nicknames file:
passwd passwd.byname
group group.byname
networks networks.byaddr
hosts hosts.byname
ipnodes ipnodes.byname
protocols protocols.bynumber
services services.byname
aliases mail.aliases
ethers ethers.byname
You can change the nicknames of the most commonly used maps by modifying the fields
in the respective /var/yp/nicknames files. For example, you can use byaddr as the
nickname for the ipnodes.byaddr map.
18 Introduction