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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - 5.13 /var/yp : Network Information Service (NIS) database files

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

5.13 /var/yp : Network Information Service (NIS) database files

Variable data for the Network Information Service (NIS), formerly known as the Sun Yellow Pages (YP), shall be placed in this directory.

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

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

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