NAME
ypmatch —
print the values of one or more keys in
a NIS database
SYNOPSIS
ypmatch |
[-ktz] [-b
num_retry] [-d
domainname] key ...
mapname |
ypmatch |
-x |
DESCRIPTION
ypmatch prints out the values of one or more keys from
the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a
map name or a map nickname.
The options are as follows:
-bnum_retry- Do not wait infinite time for the ypserver to come up. Retry only the specified number of times. See yp_setbindtries(3) for explanation. The valid range is limited from 0 to 65535 by this program.
-ddomainname- Specify a domain other than the default domain.
-k- Print the map key followed by a colon, before printing key value. This option is useful with maps in which the values are null or the key is not part of the value.
-t- Inhibit translation of map nicknames to their corresponding map names.
-x- Display the map nickname table, found in /var/yp/nicknames. A built-in default translation table is used if /var/yp/nicknames does not exist (see nicknames(5) for details).
-z- Append a NUL character at the end of the key when doing the lookup. This is useful for mail.aliases maps, which include a trailing NUL in the keys.
SEE ALSO
domainname(1), ypcat(1), ypwhich(1), yp_setbindtries(3), nicknames(5), nis(8), ypbind(8), yppoll(8), ypset(8)
AUTHORS
Theo De Raadt
Greywolf