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(am-utils.info)map_type Parameter

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Enter node , (file) or (file)node

map_type Parameter
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   (type=string, default search all map types).  If specified, Amd will
initialize the map only for the type given.  This is useful to avoid the
default map search type used by Amd which takes longer and can have
undesired side-effects such as initializing NIS even if not used.
Possible values are

`file'
     plain files

`hesiod'
     Hesiod name service from MIT

`ldap'
     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

`ndbm'
     (New) dbm style hash files

`nis'
     Network Information Services (version 2)

`nisplus'
     Network Information Services Plus (version 3)

`passwd'
     local password files

`union'
     union maps