5.16. /var/yp : Network Information Service (NIS) database files (optional)

5.16. /var/yp : Network Information Service (NIS) database files (optional)
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Variable data for the Network Information Service (NIS), formerly known as the Sun Yellow Pages (YP), must be placed in this directory.

/var/yp is the standard directory for NIS (YP) data and is almost exclusively used in NIS documentation and systems. ^[47]

^[47] NIS should not be confused with Sun NIS+, which uses a different directory, /var/nis.

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