HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

ypmatch(1) ypmatch(1)

NAME

ypmatch - print values of selected keys in Network Information Service map

SYNOPSIS

ypmatch [-k][-t][

-d domain] key [key...] mname

ypmatch -x

Remarks

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (yp). Although the name has

changed, the functionality of the service remains the same.

DESCRIPTION

ypmatch prints the values associated with one or more keys in a Network Information Service

(NIS) map

speciﬁed by mname. The mname can be either a mapname or a map nickname. A map nickname is a

synonym by which a

NIS map can be referenced.

If multiple keys are speciﬁed, the same map is searched for an occurrence of each key. A match is made

only when the case and length of a key is the same as that stored in the database. No pattern matching is

available. If a key is not matched, a diagnostic message is produced.

Options

ypmatch recognizes the following command-line options:

-k Before printing the value associated with a key, print the key followed by a colon (

:). This

option is useful if the keys are not part of the values (as in a

ypservers

map), or so many

keys were speciﬁed that the output could be confusing.

-t Inhibit the translation of a map’s nickname to its corresponding mapname. For example,

ypmatch -t zippy passwd fails because there is no map named passwd, while

ypmatch zippy passwd is translated to ypmatch zippy passwd.byname

-d Specify a domain other than the one returned by domainname (see domainname(1)).

-x Display the table that lists the nickname for each NIS map.

AUTHOR

ypmatch was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.