ypmapxlate(4)                       CLIX                       ypmapxlate(4)



  NAME

    ypmapxlate - Translation table to handle long map names

  DESCRIPTION

    A map name X in domain Y exists as the two files named X.pag and X.dir,
    both in the directory path /etc/yp/Y/.  Thus, in CLIX, the length of the
    name X can be no more than ten (10) characters, since ten added to the
    length of the extension, .pag or .dir, is equal to fourteen (14), the
    maximum filename length in CLIX.  A critical map name such as
    passwd.byname is clearly a problem to represent in CLIX.

    The /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE file contains entries of the following form:

    long_map_name           short_map_name

    When the NIS server receives a packet containing a logical (long) map
    name, the name is looked up in the /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE file 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
    translation file to find the logical name for transmission.

  FILES

    /etc/yp/YP_MAP_X_LATE   Map name translation file.

  NOTES

    Comments (fields beginning with a number sign (#)) cannot be put in the
    map translation file.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Files:  ypfiles(4)



















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