ypmapxlate(NF)
ypmapxlate --
translation table to handle long NIS map names
Format
long_map_name short_map_name
Description
An NIS map name, X, under domain,
Y, exists as the two files named
X.pag and X.dir,
both under the directory path, /etc/yp/Y/.
However, under System V, the length of the name,
X, can be no more than ten (10) characters, since
ten added to the length of the extension
.{pag,dir} is equal to fourteen (14), which is
the maximum file name length under System V. A critical
NIS map name such as passwd.byname
would be a problem to represent on a System V file system.
The file, /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE, contains
entries of the form shown in the ``Format'' section.
When the NIS server receives a packet containing
a logical (long) map name, this file is used to determine
the physical (short) map name. Conversely, when the server
transmits a packet containing a map name, the physical map
name is looked up in the translate file to find the logical
map name for transmission.
Limitations
You cannot put comments ``#'' in the translation file
Files
/etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE
See also
ypfiles(NF)
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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003