Appendix A. Information in NIS+ Tables

This appendix summarizes the information stored in the following NIS+ tables:

• Auto_Home Table
• Auto_Master Table
• Bootparams Table
• Client_info Table
• Cred Table
• Ethers Table
• Group Table
• Hosts Table
• Mail_aliases Table
• Netgroup Table
• Netmasks Table
• Networks Table
• Passwd Table
• Protocols Table
• RPC Table
• Services Table
• Timezone Table

Without a name service, most network information would be stored in /etc files and almost all NIS+ tables have corresponding /etc files. With the NIS service, you stored network information in NIS maps that also mostly corresponded with /etc files.

If you are creating input files for any of these tables, most tables share two formatting requirements:

• You must use one line per entry
• You must separate columns with one or more spaces or Tabs.

If a particular table has different or additional format requirements, they are described under a heading named "Input File Format."