ypmapxlate(NF) — OpenDesktop 1.1.1g



     YPMAPXLATE(NF)       System V NFS (12/3/90)        YPMAPXLATE(NF)



     NAME
          ypmapxlate - translation table to handle long NIS map names

     SYNOPSIS
          /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE

     DESCRIPTION
          A 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 clearly be a problem to represent on a System V file
          system.

          The file, /etc/yp/YPMAPXLATE, contains entries of the
          form:

               long_map_name           short_map_name

          When the NIS server receives a packet containing a logical
          (long) map name, this file is used to 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.

     FILES
          /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE

     SEE ALSO
          ypfiles(NF)

     BUGS
          Can't put comments (#) in the translation file.


















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