Network Information Service (NIS) B.11.31.04 Administrator's Guide

HP recommends that you migrate to the next version of the NIS protocol, NIS
version 2 (NISv2), because NISv2 supports all the functionalities that NISv1
supports.
• Files for Resolving Map Nicknames
NIS supports the creation of nicknames for map. 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 respective fields in the /var/yp/nicknames file. For example, you can use
hosts_ip as the nickname for the hosts.byaddr map.
22 Introduction