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diff --git a/html/nisplus_table.5.html b/html/nisplus_table.5.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc442ee --- /dev/null +++ b/html/nisplus_table.5.html @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> +<html> <head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> +<title> Postfix manual - nisplus_table(5) </title> +</head> <body> <pre> +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> <<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> |