   nicknames  ,    
 .   nicknames,  , 
  .

 .    NIS     -
 ypcat  ypmatch.  ,   passwd, 
,    passwd. byname:

$ ypcat passwd

mark:$l$X4JAzDO.$c.64fRCLPvQNSmq9qrfYv/:500:500:Mark
Sobell:/home/mark:/bin/bash

  NIS       UID > 500 (. 
"MINUID"   "  /var/yp/Makefile"    ),
     root, bin    .  -
          ypmatch:

$ ypmatch mark passwd

mark:$l$X4JAzDO.$c.64fRCLPvQNSmq9qrfYv/:500:500:Mark

Sobell:/home/mark:/bin/bash

    ,    ypmatch  -
  ,  ypmatch  ,      -
       .  ypmatch -
    .     passwd   
    , ,   GECOS (. -
),    ypcat  :

$ ypcat passwd [  -i sobell

mark:$l$X4JAzDO.$c.64fRCLP9qrfYv/:500:500:Mark Sobell:/home/mark:/bin/bash

.      :

   NIS. ASCII-,   NIS  .

  NIS.    dbm,     NIS.

   NIS.   NIS.

 

, man-: domainname makedbm netgroup revnetgroup ypbind ypcat
ypinit ypmatch yppoll yppush ypset ypserv ypserv.conf ypwhich ypxfr ypxfrd

Web.www.linux-nis.org

  NIS

      NIS   .

 

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