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+<title> Postfix manual - nisplus_table(5) </title>
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+NISPLUS_TABLE(5) NISPLUS_TABLE(5)
+
+<b>NAME</b>
+ nisplus_table - Postfix NIS+ client
+
+<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
+ <b>postmap -q "</b><i>string</i><b>" "<a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[</b><i>name</i><b>=%s];</b><i>name.name.</i><b>"</b>
+
+ <b>postmap -q - "<a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[</b><i>name</i><b>=%s];</b><i>name.name.</i><b>"</b> &lt;<i>inputfile</i>
+
+<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
+ The Postfix mail system uses optional lookup tables. These tables are
+ usually in <b>dbm</b> or <b>db</b> format. Alternatively, lookup tables can be spec-
+ ified as NIS+ databases.
+
+ To find out what types of lookup tables your Postfix system supports
+ use the "<b>postconf -m</b>" command.
+
+ To test Postfix NIS+ lookup tables, use the "<b>postmap -q</b>" command as
+ described in the SYNOPSIS above.
+
+<b>QUERY SYNTAX</b>
+ Most of the NIS+ query is specified via the NIS+ map name. The general
+ format of a Postfix NIS+ map name is as follows:
+
+ <b><a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[</b><i>name</i><b>=%s];</b><i>name.name.name</i><b>.:</b><i>column</i>
+
+ Postfix NIS+ map names differ from what one normally would use with
+ commands such as <b>niscat</b>:
+
+ <b>o</b> With each NIS+ table lookup, "<b>%s</b>" is replaced by a version of
+ the lookup string. There can be only one "<b>%s</b>" instance in a
+ Postfix NIS+ map name.
+
+ <b>o</b> Postfix NIS+ map names use "<b>;</b>" instead of "<b>,</b>", because the lat-
+ ter character is special in the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file. Postfix
+ replaces "<b>;</b>" characters in the map name by "<b>,</b>" before making
+ NIS+ queries.
+
+ <b>o</b> The ":<i>column</i>" part in the NIS+ map name is not part of the
+ actual NIS+ query. Instead, it specifies the number of the table
+ column that provides the lookup result. When no ":<i>column</i>" is
+ specified the first column (1) is used.
+
+<b>EXAMPLE</b>
+ A NIS+ aliases map might be queried as follows:
+
+ <a href="postconf.5.html#alias_maps">alias_maps</a> = <a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">dbm</a>:/etc/mail/aliases,
+ <a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[alias=%s];mail_aliases.org_dir.$<a href="postconf.5.html#mydomain">mydomain</a>.:1
+
+ This queries the local aliases file before the NIS+ file.
+
+<b>SEE ALSO</b>
+ <a href="postmap.1.html">postmap(1)</a>, Postfix lookup table manager
+
+<b>README FILES</b>
+ <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a>, Postfix lookup table overview
+
+<b>LICENSE</b>
+ The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
+
+<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
+ Geoff Gibbs
+ UK-HGMP-RC
+ Hinxton
+ Cambridge
+ CB10 1SB, UK
+
+ Adopted and adapted by:
+ Wietse Venema
+ IBM T.J. Watson Research
+ P.O. Box 704
+ Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
+
+ Wietse Venema
+ Google, Inc.
+ 111 8th Avenue
+ New York, NY 10011, USA
+
+ NISPLUS_TABLE(5)
+</pre> </body> </html>